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1.4 The Need for raise awareness and understanding on
forced labour, both among workers,
NAPFL 2021-2025 employers and the general public. It will
also include data collection and analysis,
improving law enforcement and legal
The development of the four compliances, and improving migration
and
strengthening
management
complementary NAPs is a systemic prevention efforts. In addition,
testament to the complexity the NAPFL seeks to improve access to
and enhance different kinds of support
and inter-relatedness of services and compensations for victims
forced labour, child labour of forced labour (currently limited to
and human trafficking. those provided by NGOs such as shelters
and counselling) who do not fall within
the categories that are supported under
the NAPTIP. The NAPFL‘s nature of going
Approaches in the four NAPs need to beyond the trafficking for forced labour,
complement, not duplicate, each other will ensure that no victims of forced
to effectively address all forms and labour are left unsupported because
causes of these human rights violations. they do not fit within the other NAP
The four NAPs together also reflect the target groups. By outlining the key duty
different mandates to tackle the bearers in the fight against forced
respective rights violations and will labour in Malaysia, the NAPFL will also
provide a valuable platform for be a major step towards increased
coordination and collaboration among cooperation and collaboration across
different government agencies, different government, employers’ and
employers’ and workers’ organizations workers’ organizations particularly MEF
particularly MEF and the MTUC, NGOs, and the MTUC, industry associations and
business entities, industry associations civil society entities and an essential
and other relevant stakeholders. element in the prevention efforts. and

The NAPFL is a key part of this
Therefore, none of the NAPs could stand
National Action Plan on Forced Labour (2021-2025) attention providing an on overarching developing all four NAPs will create a
comprehensive endeavor and will focus
current
alone
form
in
their
specifically
activities
intended to prevent forced labour, on
solid framework for working together to
addressing full range of forced labour
prevent forced labour and related
on
and
human rights violations and offer
framework
for
organisations
and
meaningful,
comprehensive,
and
initiatives to tackle forced labour. This
effective support for victims.
will include specific activities intended to