Developing a Demographic, Human Capital Values and Economic Profiling of Rohingya Refugees Workers in Malaysia

Abstract

<jats:p> One of the most important trends with regards to forced migration is the growing number of refugees hosted in developing countries like Turkey, Bangladesh, and Malaysia. The unnoticed facts, but the truth is Rohingya ethnic are the longest staying refugees in Malaysia. In line with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), whose primary objectives to leave no-one behind, protect the environment, and ensure peace, investigating who these people are in terms of their livelihood, skills, and other economic characteristics is imperative. The data was collected through a face-to-face structured questionnaire. The study findings suggested some valuable information to assist the government in delivering inclusive refugees' rights to work. Keywords: Rohingya Refugees; Economic Profiling; Inclusive Employment; Sustainable Development Goals. eISSN: 2398-4287© 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning &amp; Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5i14.2242</jats:p>

A voice for the silent: uncovering service exclusion practices

“…They also suffer restricted or unaffordable access to public resources and services (Lego, 2018; Nungsari et al , 2020) such as health care, education, housing, banking and public transportation. It is important to note that refugees are granted a degree of mobility and that there are no encampments (Nah, 2010), so most of them can be found in urban areas, living in close contact with the local community and resorting to the informal job market for their livelihoods (Buscher and Heller, 2010; Ghazali et al , 2020; Salim, 2019; Sullivan, 2016). Given the absence of formal legal frameworks and governance mechanisms, the responsibility of providing assistance and protection to refugees tends to fall largely under the local UNHCR office or with civil society organizations (CSOs).…”