News articles from around the world on migrant labour recruitment.
The Star | 15 August 2018 PUTRAJAYA: A syndicate fraudulently running the Immigration Department’s rehiring programme has been busted, after earning some RM2.2mil in profit. “The syndicate has been operating through a company called Growing Global Multiple Business Sdn Bhd, which is registered as a travel agency. “The company offered rehiring services to foreign workers, […]
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By Rahimy Rahim The Star 15 Aug 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: The government will create a single system to hire foreign workers without differentiating the source country, says Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. “Bangladesh, Nepal or others; they will use the same system,” the Prime Minister said at a press conference after chairing a meeting on foreign
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Kathmandu Post | 15 August 2018 Aug 15, 2018-Malaysia on Tuesday said government-to-government (G2G) system would bring migrant workers from Nepal. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said the government would soon sign the MoU with Nepal to resolve foreign workers’ issue. CLICK TO READ FULL ARTICLE
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By Sharif Khiam and Ali Nufael Benar News | 16 August 2018 Bangladesh has welcomed Malaysia’s decision to end a monopoly on recruitment of workers from the South Asian nation, saying the new measure would cut costs and allow fair competition. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has been reviewing policies of the previous government since taking
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By: Elan Perumal and Clarissa Chung The Star | 16 August 2018 PETALING JAYA: Several source countries which do not employ third-party agencies for their foreign worker recruitment process are unclear about how the single hiring system would affect them. Philippines Embassy labour attache Elizabeth Marie Estrada said it is the Philippines government which accredits
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The Daily Star 16 August 2018 Malaysia considers allowing all the licensed agents to help Bangladeshi workers get jobs in the Southeast Asian country. The plan comes after the new Malaysian government in late June suspended a syndicate of 10 Bangladeshi agents, all authorised in 2016, for alleged irregularities in manpower recruitment process. Malaysian Prime
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Borneo Post | 15 August 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: An independent committee to coordinate the overall policies and management of foreign workers will be set up, says Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Dr Mahathir said the committee would be chaired by a top government officer with former judges and secretaries-general and the Institute of Labour
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New Age Bangladesh | 14 August 2018 Malaysia’s new government of prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad reopened up the process of hiring workers from Bangladesh to all the recruiting agencies after suspending the cartel of 10 agencies in Bangladesh. Mahathir announced his government’s decision at a news conference, Kuala Lumpur daily The Star reported on
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Bangkok Post | 6 August 2018 A plan to attract thousands of foreign workers into the Thai fishing industry is taking shape with Labour Minister Adul Sangsingkeo likely to meet his counterparts from Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam after Aug 15 to establish the terms. Govt to seek migrants for fish industry The date is
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By Aliza Shah and Teh Athira Yusof New straits Times | 6 August 2018 KUALA LUMPUR The government should introduce a ratio system that allows for the hiring of a maximum number of foreign workers in a company based on its total workforce. This would allow the government to control the number of foreign workers,
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