By Tamanna Sultana Dhaka Tribune | 15 February 2017 Why do so many Bangladeshi migrant workers get mistreated? Bangladesh is in its early stages of development, with very limited employment opportunities in the competitive job market. The less-educated job-seekers who fail to find jobs at home usually seek their fortune abroad. As a result, our […]
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By C R Abrar 18 December 2016 / The Daily Star Banglades Today marks the international day for migrant workers. It is a day not only to celebrate the contribution of women and men who go to distant lands, away from their family and loved ones for long periods of time, it is also a
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Porimol Palma 12:00 AM, December 11, 2016 / Daily Star A nexus between the employers of migrant workers overseas and illegal manpower brokers there is jacking up the migration cost of Bangladeshi workers. Recruiting agents and illegal brokers in the Gulf and Southeast Asian regions “buy” work visas from overseas employers and then “sell” those
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Staff Correspondent 12:00 AM, November 16, 2016 / Daily Star Malaysian Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot yesterday informed the government that they will hire workers from Bangladesh in three sectors — construction, plantation and manufacturing. The minister, who arrived yesterday, revealed the information after holding a bilateral meeting with Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas
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19 February 2016, The Borneo Post The government has decided to delay the recruitment of foreign labour, including those from Bangladesh. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Zahid Ahmad Hamidi after attending a function at Muara Tuang Army Camp here today (Feb 19). “The government has decided to delay recruiting all foreign
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18 February 2016, Asian Correspondent OUTRAGE over the Malaysian government’s plan to bring in 1.5 million Bangladeshi workers has exposed latent xenophobia in the country. Certain non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and media outlets have whipped up anti-Bangladeshi sentiment, playing on racially-charged stereotypes, fears of crime, and economic worries. Yesterday, a group called Pertubuhan Rapat Malaysia, which
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17 February 2016, The Daily Star Private recruiting agencies yesterday wrote to the prime minister seeking her intervention in halting possible monopoly by a “syndicate led by a Malaysian company” in hiring Bangladeshi workers there. They made the plea as Dhaka and Kuala Lumpur is set to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Dhaka
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15 February 2016, Dhaka Tribune Malaysia has begun to register undocumented labourers today, including those from Bangladesh, with less than a week to go before Bangladesh and Malaysia finalise a new labour deal. The issue of importing Bangladeshi workers has been a contentious one in Malaysia, where the government and local trades bodies have been
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14 February 2016, Dhaka Tribune The land of promise for tens of thousands of Bangladeshi labourers, Malaysia is fast becoming a place of bondage for them. A loss of registration status has left between 800,000 and 948,000 Bangladeshi nationals, according to data from Malaysian rights organisation Tenaganita, vulnerable to low-wage exploitation or police raids and
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2 February 2016, The Daily Star Around 3 lakh registered Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia would have to pay the levy previously paid by their employers as the country yesterday imposed a new levy on foreign workers. “The Malaysian employers usually used to pay the levy on behalf of the workers. But the government has
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