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By creating such a database, partners forced labour in Malaysia and therefore
will be able to draw comprehensive the focus for Strategic Goal 3. Migration
reports at different scales (e.g., national management, by nature, is transnational
level, at state level, sectoral/industry and the interventions under Strategic
level) and use these for analysis. The Goal 3 fall into three interdependent
NAPFL prioritises, in particular, the priority areas. First, the NAPFL intends to
production of evidence-based policy ensure that Malaysia enters into MOUs
studies that will be useful for legal and other Government to Government National Action Plan on Forced Labour (2021-2025)
review and planning. cooperation with sending countries in
the region to ensure transparent
processes and to encourage sending
The Strategic Goal 2 Programme Areas countries to play an active role in
will focus on building capacity for law preparing their nationals for migrant life
enforcement among relevant and work. This could be, for example,
government authorities, such as the through improved pre-departure
Labour Inspectorate. Equally important, training for migrant workers. Secondly,
Programme Area 2 will include activities the NAPFL intends to improve
to support legal compliance by recruitment procedures and processes,
employers and workers. Promoting notably through improved regulation of
stronger legal compliance will prevent recruitment agencies. This could also
forced labour from occurring in become part of MOUs with sending
Malaysian workplaces, in both the countries in addition to activities to
formal and informal sector. Hence, the strengthen the operations of private
Programme Areas will include employment agencies in Malaysia.
information and outreach to business
owners in forced labour prone sectors
and areas to ensure that they Both of these priorities also intend to
understand their legal obligations. prevent forced labour through
regularising migration and protect
migrant workers from the risks
Moreover, workers will be informed associated with irregular migration. The
about their rights and about the ways in third priority area under Strategic Goal 3
which they may access support and is improving capacity among migration
services, notably through the National and other key officials, e.g., Labour
Grievance Mechanism. As such, Inspectors, to identify forced labour,
Programme Area 2 links closely with the support migrant workers at risk and
awareness raising activities under implement the provisions of relevant
programme area 1 and the activities to pieces of legislation. This includes, for
strengthen recruitment practices under example, improved capacity to ensure
Programme Area 3. that migrant workers are legally
registered and able to obtain services.

As forced labour is very intricately linked
to the migrant workers in Malaysia, Activities under Strategic Goal 3 will be
improved migration management is a coordinated very closely with activities
key component in the efforts to prevent under the NAPTIP, under which