Migrants' Children Face Difficulties in Malaysia

Sep 08, 2015, 05:51 PM

International headlines may be focused on the march of refugees and migrants from Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan towards Europe.

But in Southeast Asia people are also on the move in search for a better life. Tens of thousands of migrants arrive in Malaysia every year. The number of foreign workers there has more than doubled to an estimated three million over the last 15 years.

But the United Nations says these immigrants face abuse, exploitation and their children have no rights.

Our reporter Jennifer Pak reports from the Lahad Datu in Borneo.