KUALA LUMPUR: The Home Ministry will continue to improve on its efforts against human trafficking and forced labour although Malaysia had reached Tier 2 in the US State Department’s Trafficking In Persons Report, says minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.“We welcome the upgrade to Tier 2 but our work is not done.
“When we came under the Tier 2 Watch List last year, we scrutinised 19 aspects that we had to improve upon.Saifuddin Nasution said he had relayed Malaysia’s commitment to get to Tier 1 to the US Ambassador to Malaysia and State Department representatives at a meeting recently.
According to the US State Department website, the TIP Report is the United States’ diplomatic tool to engage foreign governments on human trafficking. Tier 2 are countries that do not fully comply with these minimum standards but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance.