Asia: Maids may work "illegally"

Subject: Asia: Maids may work "illegally" Mon Jun 29, 2009 3:04 am

INDONESIA'S ban on supplying maids to Malaysia in protest over reported employer abuse could prompt more Indonesians to work here illegally, a group representing maid-supply agencies said on Sunday.

Mr Raja Zulkeply Dahalan, president of the Malaysian Association of Foreign Housemaids Agencies, said some 4,000 Indonesian maids were recruited each month in Malaysia before Indonesia announced last week it would enforce a ban until more protections are in place.

More than 300,000 Indonesian women work as maids in the more prosperous Malaysia, more than from any other country.

'If this deadlock continues, everybody will lose,' Mr Raja Zulkeply told The Associated Press. 'There will be a shortage of maids, and it could encourage more illegal Indonesians to come here for work.' The association represents 153 of Malaysia's 350 private maid agencies, which recruit the maids, arrange for their visas and place them in homes but are not responsible for their safety.

Mr Raja Zulkeply said the agencies have paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in advance bookings to their Indonesian counterparts who supply the workers.

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Asia: Maids may work "illegally"

Asia: Maids may work "illegally"

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