COMMENT | It is critical therefore to encourage more interaction of communities with migrant workers.
| On Dec 18, 2000, the international community adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. Thus, we mark what is now known as International Migrants Day.
With ageing populations and declining birth rates in several Asean countries, growing shortages will continue. Migrant workers are willing to fill these gaps.The report"Public Attitudes towards Migrant Workers in Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand" by the International Labour Organisation and UN Women attempts to answer this question.
These kinds of erroneous assumptions and ideas not only devalue the identities and contributions of migrant workers but also worsen existing poor working and living conditions. We know that low levels of public support for migrant workers, discrimination and unfavourable migration polices are all linked.
When it comes to polling on issues specifically affecting women migrant workers, however, the public is relatively more supportive. Majorities in each country polled feel that women migrant workers should have rights to maternity leave, withy domestic workers being provided with better labour conditions.
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