Reza Mahmud :
Malaysia government announced to give legality to lakhs of undocumented foreign labours with certain conditions.
Malaysia’s Home Minister Datok Seri Hamzah bin Zainudin said it to journalists after an inter ministerial meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
“We have taken decision to give legality of all undocumented migrant workers here under certain conditions,” the home minister said. He said that Labour department, Imigration Wing and other public offices of the country will implement the process of regulating the undocumented migrant workers.
“The legalization process of the foreign workers would be started from November 16 and will be continued till June30 of 2021,” said the Home Minister. Human resource Minister Datok Seri M Saravanan was present, among others, in the meeting.
Malaysia has ended its rehearing programme on 2018 after starting on 2016 to legalise illegal migrant workers there.
Above five lakhs Bangladeshi undocumented workers became legal through the programme. But more several lakhs of undocumented Bangladeshi migrants are still working illegally in different companies in the country, according to sources working with migrations.
After closing the rehearing programme, the then Bangladeshi High Commissioner to Malaysia, Muhammad Shahidul Islam tried his best to make the undocumented Bangladeshies legalized. He met several ministers and other higher officials of Kuala Lumpur before ending his posting in the country on the end of October.
Before his departure from Kuala Lumpur, Shahidul Islam said that Malaysia government agreed with him to legalise undocumented Bangladeshi migrants.
Sources said, many Bangladeshi migrants have become undocumented after reaching Malaysia through a section of dishonest recruiting agencies.
Large number of those labours are now working illegally in different factories, palm sectors and agro firms, even in deep jungles in the country. Expatriates said the latest announcement of the Malaysia government will bring hope for all of those undocumented migrants.
They also asked Bangladeshi High Commission in Kuala Lumpur to extend hands towards the undocumented migrants for legalizing the process.
Although Malaysia is home to some 10 lakh Bangladeshi migrants, the country stopped recruiting workers from Bangladesh in September 2018 alleging of a syndicate that used to charge up to Tk 400,000 from each migrants.
Since then, the two governments had been working to make the recruitment system less corrupt and exploitative, and there were hopes that official recruitment would begin soon again.
Malaysia government announced to give legality to lakhs of undocumented foreign labours with certain conditions.
Malaysia’s Home Minister Datok Seri Hamzah bin Zainudin said it to journalists after an inter ministerial meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
“We have taken decision to give legality of all undocumented migrant workers here under certain conditions,” the home minister said. He said that Labour department, Imigration Wing and other public offices of the country will implement the process of regulating the undocumented migrant workers.
“The legalization process of the foreign workers would be started from November 16 and will be continued till June30 of 2021,” said the Home Minister. Human resource Minister Datok Seri M Saravanan was present, among others, in the meeting.
Malaysia has ended its rehearing programme on 2018 after starting on 2016 to legalise illegal migrant workers there.
Above five lakhs Bangladeshi undocumented workers became legal through the programme. But more several lakhs of undocumented Bangladeshi migrants are still working illegally in different companies in the country, according to sources working with migrations.
After closing the rehearing programme, the then Bangladeshi High Commissioner to Malaysia, Muhammad Shahidul Islam tried his best to make the undocumented Bangladeshies legalized. He met several ministers and other higher officials of Kuala Lumpur before ending his posting in the country on the end of October.
Before his departure from Kuala Lumpur, Shahidul Islam said that Malaysia government agreed with him to legalise undocumented Bangladeshi migrants.
Sources said, many Bangladeshi migrants have become undocumented after reaching Malaysia through a section of dishonest recruiting agencies.
Large number of those labours are now working illegally in different factories, palm sectors and agro firms, even in deep jungles in the country. Expatriates said the latest announcement of the Malaysia government will bring hope for all of those undocumented migrants.
They also asked Bangladeshi High Commission in Kuala Lumpur to extend hands towards the undocumented migrants for legalizing the process.
Although Malaysia is home to some 10 lakh Bangladeshi migrants, the country stopped recruiting workers from Bangladesh in September 2018 alleging of a syndicate that used to charge up to Tk 400,000 from each migrants.
Since then, the two governments had been working to make the recruitment system less corrupt and exploitative, and there were hopes that official recruitment would begin soon again.
