ARAB NEWS, Jeddah :
Fifty percent of the Bangladeshi housemaids who had come to the Kingdom since the beginning of the recruitment process were sent back home for various reasons, including refusal to work.
Hussein Al-Harthi, proprietor of a recruitment office, told local media as many as 40,000 domestic helps, which is 50 percent of the total recruited to work in the Kingdom, have been deported.
“The reasons for their return were refusal to work, lack of training in Bangladesh, language barrier, lack of adaptability to the Kingdom’s culture,” he said.
A number of recruitment office owners said the customer is given a period of three months to try the maid. If she is found inefficient during this period, the sponsor informs the office, returns the maid along with a notice received by the embassy that includes the reasons for disqualification. Then the recruitment office hands the maid over to the embassy to send her back home.
Ali Al-Omari, another recruitment office owner, said the number of recruitment visas issued since the beginning of the recruitment process began from Bangladesh reached 150,000 visas. An official source of the Consulate General of Bangladesh was quoted as saying that his government intends to establish centers for training and rehabilitation of domestic workers before sending them to work. “The sole purpose of the current centers is financial gain.”
Fifty percent of the Bangladeshi housemaids who had come to the Kingdom since the beginning of the recruitment process were sent back home for various reasons, including refusal to work.
Hussein Al-Harthi, proprietor of a recruitment office, told local media as many as 40,000 domestic helps, which is 50 percent of the total recruited to work in the Kingdom, have been deported.
“The reasons for their return were refusal to work, lack of training in Bangladesh, language barrier, lack of adaptability to the Kingdom’s culture,” he said.
A number of recruitment office owners said the customer is given a period of three months to try the maid. If she is found inefficient during this period, the sponsor informs the office, returns the maid along with a notice received by the embassy that includes the reasons for disqualification. Then the recruitment office hands the maid over to the embassy to send her back home.
Ali Al-Omari, another recruitment office owner, said the number of recruitment visas issued since the beginning of the recruitment process began from Bangladesh reached 150,000 visas. An official source of the Consulate General of Bangladesh was quoted as saying that his government intends to establish centers for training and rehabilitation of domestic workers before sending them to work. “The sole purpose of the current centers is financial gain.”
