Cross-Border Movement of Foreign Workers in Malaysia: A Comparative Analysis

Abstract

Cross-border migration which issometimes referred to as the lastfrontier of globalisation is by no means a recent phenomenon. Massive movement of peoples across continents have taken place since the last five centuries as a result of the slave trade, war, natural calamities and the expansion of colonialism which went alongside that of the capitalist economy. That colonialism in the last century has moved millions of people across national borders is evidenced by the presence of multi-ethnic population in many countries today with Malaysia being an excellent example. What differentiates cross-border