Siamese In Malaysia Case Study

PROBLEMS
The high number of Siamese especially in Kelantan. Most of them are working as vendors and controlled the market more than local people – Malay and Chinese. Although they do not create big problems such as racism, crimes or anything else, they might create some changes to the destination and also to their place of origin. It could be whether positive or negative changes. What actually made them stayed here for years without bother to ever going back to their places of origin?
OBJECTIVES OF THE RESEARCH
1) Finding the actual reason or the main factor of migration of Siamese to Malaysia for the whole and to Kelantan specifically.
2) Identify does migration has something to do with poverty?
METHODOLOGY
1) The sample of migration taken:
The sample is the migration of Siamese from Thailand to Kelantan, Malaysia. This migration centered here maybe due to low cost of transportation because this state is the

The respondent said that most of them years ago migrate because they are lacking jobs opportunities. They found it is hard to work there since they are only skilled in doing traditional works such as farming. However, in their places of origin, there are not enough lands or estate to grow crops, or even works as a rubber tapper. Therefore, they chose to move to nearby places such as Kg Bendang Pakyong to find jobs that suit their skills because these places has many lands or estates which still need workers to cultivate the land. They work as tappers, farmers and even labor to make up and build up homes or any building. They also work as labor to build up or improve schools building in that area. It is said that they received higher payment rather than working in their own places. Sometimes, they also own the rubber estate not only being the workers under Malay