BD to seek opening of KL labour market
Staff Reporter :
Bangladesh and Malaysia held an official level meeting in Putrajaya on Wednesday and another one will be held today (Thursday) for opening the Malaysian labour market for Bangladeshis as well as legalizing undocumented migrants in the Southeast Asian country.
A five-member delegation of Bangladesh left for Malaysia on Tuesday to hold the meeting.
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry Joint Secretary Fazlul Karim, Deputy Secretary Abul Hossain, one official each from the ministries of law, foreign affairs and Prime Minister’s Office are in the Bangladesh delegation, said an official of the expatriates’ welfare ministry.
Bangladesh High Commissioner in Malaysia, Shahidul Islam and officials concerned are also scheduled to join the meeting of the joint working group (JWG).
Malaysia, home to around eight lakh Bangladeshis, had suspended labour recruitment from Bangladesh in September last year following allegations of monopoly by a syndicate of recruiting agents and high cost of migration.
Meanwhile, earlier Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad also assured of re-opening the Malaysian labour market for Bangladeshis.
“We hope to get positive news from the meeting,” Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad told reporters at a meeting on May 26. He also visited Malaysia for a week since May 11 and met Malaysian home and human resources ministers and other leaders.
He had then said he raised two issues-legalising the undocumented Bangladeshis and opening the labour market during his trip.
The estimated number of undocumented migrants would be between one to two lakh.
Imran Ahmad said the JWG would discuss in detail the aspects in the two-day meeting.
Bangladesh and Malaysia held an official level meeting in Putrajaya on Wednesday and another one will be held today (Thursday) for opening the Malaysian labour market for Bangladeshis as well as legalizing undocumented migrants in the Southeast Asian country.
A five-member delegation of Bangladesh left for Malaysia on Tuesday to hold the meeting.
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry Joint Secretary Fazlul Karim, Deputy Secretary Abul Hossain, one official each from the ministries of law, foreign affairs and Prime Minister’s Office are in the Bangladesh delegation, said an official of the expatriates’ welfare ministry.
Bangladesh High Commissioner in Malaysia, Shahidul Islam and officials concerned are also scheduled to join the meeting of the joint working group (JWG).
Malaysia, home to around eight lakh Bangladeshis, had suspended labour recruitment from Bangladesh in September last year following allegations of monopoly by a syndicate of recruiting agents and high cost of migration.
Meanwhile, earlier Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad also assured of re-opening the Malaysian labour market for Bangladeshis.
“We hope to get positive news from the meeting,” Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad told reporters at a meeting on May 26. He also visited Malaysia for a week since May 11 and met Malaysian home and human resources ministers and other leaders.
He had then said he raised two issues-legalising the undocumented Bangladeshis and opening the labour market during his trip.
The estimated number of undocumented migrants would be between one to two lakh.
Imran Ahmad said the JWG would discuss in detail the aspects in the two-day meeting.
