Item type |
Newsletter |
Subjects |
300 Social sciences > 307 Communities |
Division/Agency |
LPPKN - National Population and Family Development Board, Malaysia: Population and Family Research Division |
Keywords |
Urbanization, Sustainable cities, Human mobility, International migration, UNCPD |
Additional Information |
Excerpts from Malaysia Country Statement at the 51st Session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development, 9-13 April 2018, New York |
Abstract |
Over the past decades, Malaysia has experienced and influx of migrant workers, and has become one of the main destinations. In 2016, there were an estimated 3.1 million migrants in Malaysia, which comprises of 1.3 million skilled workers and 1.8 million unskilled workers. |