29 June 2015, Malaysiakini.com MP SPEAKS Last Thursday, Home Affairs Minister Ahmad Zahid said approximately 1.5 million workers from Bangladesh would be brought to Malaysia in stages, over three years, to meet the demands of employers from various sectors. Yesterday he indicated that these workers will be brought into the country once the existing undocumented […]
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20 March 2015, Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The India government has issued an order yesterday banning overseas recruitment of nurses by private agencies stating that only an authorized government agency can conduct nursing recruitments. The order becomes effective from April 30, 2015. According to the government order, nursing recruitments to a foreign country from India can
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8 March 2015, Eurasia Review In response to the unmet demand for labor in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the country, South Korea allowed the entry of foreign labor migrants from countries such as the Philippines in 1993. In Southeast Asia, the Philippines has the second largest number of migrants in South Korea next
6 November 2014, Daily Express KOTA KINABALU: Indonesian workers are still the preferred workforce based on the experience of oil palm industry players in West Malaysia. East Malaysia Planters Association (Empa) Chairman Datuk Othman Walat said however, the association has no objection to any of its members trying out Bangladeshi workers in their plantation. “In
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24 October 2014, Bernama.com.my KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 (Bernama) — Malaysia and Bangladesh intend to carry out the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers to Malaysia on a government-to-government (G-to-G) arrangement, without the involvement of any third party, agent, outsourcing company or employer. The Human Resources Ministry said this mechanism would minimise the recruitment cost from RM13,000
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