Malaysian team arrives in 2 weeks to sign MoU on manpower recruitment
Dhaka, May 16 (UNB) - A delegation of the Malaysian Home Ministry will come here within a couple of weeks to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government to reopen the labour market for Bangladeshi workers.
Briefing reporters on return from Kuala Lumpur visit, Expatriate Welfare and Oversees Employment Minister Engr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Wednesday said that after signing of the MoU, the Malaysian cabinet will take the decision making ways for reopening their labour market for Bangladeshi workers within a month or two.
During his May 12-15 visit, the Minister had meetings with the Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister, the Home Minister and the Human Resource Development Minister, and discussed the issues of reopening and expanding the Bangladesh labour market in Malaysia.
He said both sides are thinking actively to send Bangladeshi workers to Malaysia on government-to-government management so that the migrant workers do not fall victims of fraudulence by fake manpower agents.
Engr Mosharraf said if it is possible, a worker will require TK 50,000 including the cost of air ticket to go to Malaysia with job. If the respective company agrees to pay the air ticket, the total cost of immigration will be Tk 30,000 to Tk. 35,000 only.
During the meetings, the Expatriate Welfare Minister said since the cost of immigration from Bangladesh is very high, the Bangladesh delegation proposed to make sure that a worker could realise his expenses with three months’ salary.
The Bangladesh side also proposed to ensure that the concerned Malaysian company recruits workers for three to five years.
The Minister, who led a five-member delegation to Kuala Lumpur, advised the intending workers not to go to Malaysia illegally without registration. The government has already set up registration centres in 64 districts, he said.
The Project Director of the Machine Readable Passport (MRP) project, who was on the delegation, has been advised by the Malaysian side to complete the issuance of MRPs for the Bangladeshi workers, now in Malaysia, within the next one year.
The Managing Director of the Expatriate Welfare Bank (EWB) was also advised to ensure that the expatriate workers do their banking transactions through the EWB.
The two sides also discussed how to stop the trafficking in workers carried out by fake manpower agents of the two countries.
The Expatriate Welfare Minister said the Malaysian government intends to recruit good number of workers from Bangladesh. He said if the process is finalized, the government will be able to send some 500,000-700,000 workers to Malaysia.
Currently, 475,803 Bangladeshi workers are employed in Malaysia with 267,803 already legalised.
The Minister said at present, there are no illegal Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia.
He said more than 300,000 workers went abroad in the past five months. Bangladesh is sending workers to 143 countries of the world.
Engr Mosharraf said the government will update the immigration act of 1982 within the next one month.
Briefing reporters on return from Kuala Lumpur visit, Expatriate Welfare and Oversees Employment Minister Engr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Wednesday said that after signing of the MoU, the Malaysian cabinet will take the decision making ways for reopening their labour market for Bangladeshi workers within a month or two.
During his May 12-15 visit, the Minister had meetings with the Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister, the Home Minister and the Human Resource Development Minister, and discussed the issues of reopening and expanding the Bangladesh labour market in Malaysia.
He said both sides are thinking actively to send Bangladeshi workers to Malaysia on government-to-government management so that the migrant workers do not fall victims of fraudulence by fake manpower agents.
Engr Mosharraf said if it is possible, a worker will require TK 50,000 including the cost of air ticket to go to Malaysia with job. If the respective company agrees to pay the air ticket, the total cost of immigration will be Tk 30,000 to Tk. 35,000 only.
During the meetings, the Expatriate Welfare Minister said since the cost of immigration from Bangladesh is very high, the Bangladesh delegation proposed to make sure that a worker could realise his expenses with three months’ salary.
The Bangladesh side also proposed to ensure that the concerned Malaysian company recruits workers for three to five years.
The Minister, who led a five-member delegation to Kuala Lumpur, advised the intending workers not to go to Malaysia illegally without registration. The government has already set up registration centres in 64 districts, he said.
The Project Director of the Machine Readable Passport (MRP) project, who was on the delegation, has been advised by the Malaysian side to complete the issuance of MRPs for the Bangladeshi workers, now in Malaysia, within the next one year.
The Managing Director of the Expatriate Welfare Bank (EWB) was also advised to ensure that the expatriate workers do their banking transactions through the EWB.
The two sides also discussed how to stop the trafficking in workers carried out by fake manpower agents of the two countries.
The Expatriate Welfare Minister said the Malaysian government intends to recruit good number of workers from Bangladesh. He said if the process is finalized, the government will be able to send some 500,000-700,000 workers to Malaysia.
Currently, 475,803 Bangladeshi workers are employed in Malaysia with 267,803 already legalised.
The Minister said at present, there are no illegal Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia.
He said more than 300,000 workers went abroad in the past five months. Bangladesh is sending workers to 143 countries of the world.
Engr Mosharraf said the government will update the immigration act of 1982 within the next one month.
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