The Daily Star Bangladesh 2 November 2018 Kuala Lumpur has opposed Dhaka’s proposal for giving the undocumented Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia a fresh chance to legalise themselves, say officials at the expatriates’ welfare ministry. The undocumented Bangladeshis will have to return home, a Malaysian delegation told a Bangladesh team at a meeting at the expatriates’ […]
The Daily Star | 1 November 2018 The previous Najib Razak-led Malaysian government had created the manpower syndicate which “monopolised” the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers in the Southeast Asian country, according to officials and documents obtained by The Daily Star. Following the Andaman boat crisis in 2015, Malaysia’s then home minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said
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The Daily Star Bangladesh | 30 October 2018 The High Court yesterday directed the government to form an inter-ministerial committee to investigate the monopoly of 10 recruiting agencies, which had been engaged in labour recruitment from Bangladesh to Malaysia, and submit the probe report in six months. The HC bench of Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury
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Seychelles News Agency | 24 October 2018 Authorities in the Seychelles have announced a six-month moratorium on the recruitment of Bangladeshi nationals coming to work in the country because of allegations of abuse at the workplace. “We have noticed lately that there have been a lot of issues with regards to foreign workers and the
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Dhaka Tribune | 18 October 2018 With the implementation of new policy of Saudization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, many Bangladeshi expat workers along with other foreign workers have become victims, losing their jobs. In January, the Ministry for Labor and Social Development in Saudi Arabia issued a decree to limit work in 12
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The Daily Star | 17 October 2018 Labour migration analysts and businesses have expressed optimism that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will highlight Bangladeshi migrant workers’ rights during her meeting with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud today. According to Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET), Saudi Arabia has recruited nearly 36 lakh Bangladeshis
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New Age Bangladesh | 11 October 2018 Thousands of Bangladeshi workers became the worst victims of migrating to Middle East countries on the so-called free visas or individual visas also known as friends and family visas. Dishonest brokers and recruiting agents popularized these visas in Bangladesh knowing full well that the workers would face uncertainties
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New Age Bangladesh 7 October 2018 The situation of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Saudi Arabia has remained troublesome for quite some years, because of issues in Saudi Arabia and irregularities in Bangladesh. It is high time that Bangladesh stepped up its diplomatic efforts to resolve the prickly migration issues with Saudi Arabia to ensure full
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