Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia
Amending MoU on Malaysia-bound Bangladeshi workers can bring a sea change
Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia should be able to enjoy the fruits of their hard labour.
Entry of migrant workers: Malaysia stands by its deadline
Says high commissioner
17,000 workers’ fate up in the air
Despite getting emigration clearance, around 17,000 aspirant migrant workers could not fly to Malaysia before the May 31 deadline due to alleged mismanagement in the recruitment process.
Controversial recruitment system to stay 3 more years
The Malaysian government will use for another three years the Foreign Worker Centralized Management System, which is fraught with allegations of irregularities, news portal Malaysiakini reported yesterday.
Up to 4,000 Malaysia-bound workers failed to fly: BAIRA
Despite having the necessary documents, up to four thousand Bangladeshi migrant workers failed to go to Malaysia due to not getting air tickets, Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies said today
Last day of entry to malaysia on work visa: Hundreds flock to Dhaka airport
Several hundred Malaysia-bound migrant workers waited for hours at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport amid uncertainties as the deadline for workers to enter the southeast Asian country ended yesterday.
Manpower syndicates beyond Dhaka-KL control
The syndicates recruiting Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia are “beyond the control of the two governments”, Malaysian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Haznah Md Hashim said yesterday.
Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia / Hiring begins with bribery
UN independent experts say Bangladeshi workers pay up to 8 times for migration alone due to corruption of Malaysia ministries, Bangladesh mission and syndicates
Bangladeshis in Malaysia: Cops after workers, not rogue employers
Malaysian police have been prosecuting Bangladesh migrant workers instead of the employers who have confiscated the workers’ passports and failed to provide them with jobs and salaries, alleged the Malaysian Socialist Party (PSM).
150 duped Bangladeshis stranded in KL building
For the last four months, Rafiqul Islam [a pseudonym to protect him from further consequences] has been stuck in an abandoned three-story building in Kuala Lumpur along with 149 others -- all without any work.
Something’s rotten in Bangladeshi workers’ recruitment in Kuala Lumpur
No one should ignore the suffering of the poor migrant workers just for national revenue.
Why only 25 agencies allowed to hire migrant workers for Malaysia?
Bangaldeshi migrant workers haven’t been able to go to Kuala Lumpur due to allegations of irregularities. After so many years, the possibility of immigration is opening up again, but why is the process being questioned over same allegations?
Migrant worker crisis: Malaysia’s palm oil industry crumbles
Malaysian companies from palm oil plantations to semiconductor makers are refusing orders and forgoing billions in sales, hampered by a shortage of more than a million workers that threatens the country's economic recovery.
4 Bangladeshis arrested in Malaysia for running fake work-permit agency
Four Bangladeshi men and two of their Malaysian wives were arrested in Malaysia for allegedly posing as a third party of Malaysian immigration department and getting migrant workers fake work permits in exchange of money.
Let Bangladeshi workers come, demands Malaysian employment agency
Bangladeshi workers should be allowed into Malaysia to address its shortage of workers in crucial sectors, says the National Association of Private Employment Agencies Malaysia (Papsma), in a call to Putrajaya.
Syndicates in migration: Re-accessing the Malaysian labour market
Is a nexus of a few Bangladeshi recruitment agencies and a powerful segment of the human resources ministry in Malaysia trying to impose unfair and unethical conditions on the long-awaited reopening of the Malaysian labour market?
Bangladeshis among 51 migrants detained in Malaysia
Malaysian Immigration Police last night (May 27, 2022) detained 51 foreign nationals, including Bangladeshi migrant workers, for not possessing valid documents.