In Covid-Era Experiment, Malaysia Tries Dramatic Reduction in Migrant Labor

SINGAPORE—With Covid-19 reducing migrant labor in quite a few nations, some governments are screening whether or not their economies can run with less foreign employees than in the earlier.

Among the most aggressive is Malaysia, a country of 33 million men and women that has lengthy relied on numerous million low-compensated foreigners to toil in its factories, build browsing malls and harvest its rubber. Organizations credit these employees with preserving merchandise competitive as the country grows richer and area incomes increase.