Wahab, Andika and Hamidi, Mashitah (2022) COVID-19 pandemic and the changing views of mobility: The case of Nepal-Malaysia migration corridor. Comparative Migration Studies, 10 (1). ISSN 2214-594X, DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-022-00320-1.
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For decades, Malaysia has been heavily dependent on unskilled and temporarily contracted migrant workers to fulfil labour gaps in the country. While Malaysia's economy continues to rely on migrant workers, the COVID-19 pandemic has further aggravated their precarious working and living conditions. In-depth interviews with Nepali migrant workers and community leaders in Malaysia and Nepal in 2021 revealed the incidence of labour rights violations, compounded by the lack of access to justice and effective remedies. Besides, workers are allegedly no longer benefiting from the competitive wages, subsequently limiting the value of their remittance to Nepal. We argue that these incidents serve as the drivers of the changing views of mobility, eventually influencing the emigration environment in which the social construction of migration exists in Nepal. This study examines the migratory realities in the Nepal-Malaysia migration corridor during the pandemic, subsequently contributing to current debate on the aspiration-ability model as a class of research.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) FRGS/1/2021/SS0/UKM/02/4 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | COVID-19; Mobility; Migrant workers; Aspiration-ability model |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Department of Social Administration & Justice |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Oct 2023 14:20 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Oct 2023 14:20 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/40762 |
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