Migrant abuse trending up

15 June 2012
The Phnom Penh Post
Human rights / Social development
abroad / abuse / Adhoc / Cambodian migrant workers / domestic workers / Families / government’s moratorium / Human Rights group / Malaysian aid / moratorium / workers

Human rights group Adhoc released a report on the state of Cambodian migrant workers yesterday, saying that tales of abuse from migrant workers and their families have increased five-fold compared to the same period last year. Seventy per cent of this year’s 141 complaints concerned domestic workers abroad, Adhoc says, and the government’s moratorium on sending maids to Malaysia may be partially to blame for the spike in incidents. …

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012061556814/National-news/migrant-abuse-trending-up.html

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