Migrant Worker Complaints Rise as Families Lose Touch
Rights group Adhoc yesterday said it had seen a spike in complaints from families of migrant workers since last year’s government-ordered freeze on recruitment agencies sending maids to Malaysia. At a press conference in Phnom Penh, Adhoc said it had received 141 complaints from the relatives of Cambodians working abroad over the first four months of the year, more than six times the 23 complaints it received over the same period last year. And of those, it said 94 of the complaints—about two-thirds—came from families who had lost contact with relatives working in Malaysia. …
