Malaysia holds top position in recruiting Bangladeshi workers among the the overseas countries for the last two consecutive months.
The Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) data shows that Malaysia recruited a total of 41,438 Bangladeshi workers in June as against 39,232 workers recruited by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 8,566 workers by Oman, 6,414 workers by UAE, 4,279 workers by Kuwait, 4,020 workers by Singapore, 3,154 workers by Qatar, 453 workers by UK and 315 workers by South Korea Bangladesh exported a total of 114,175 workers in June to overseas countries clocking 12.00 per cent over the previous month.
Country’s manpower export to different markets jumped again in June giving a positive signal in overseas employment, according to the data of the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET).
The country sent a total of 617,575 workers abroad in the first six months of this year – around 1.04 lakh in January, 1.09 in February, and 1.09 lakh in March, 78,833 in April and 101,558 in May and 114,175 in June.
The monthly growth rate of migrating workers was 6.20% in January, 4.35% in February, 0.35% in March, 27.97 per cent negative in April and 28.83 per cent in May and 12 per cent in June, according to the data of the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET). Bangladesh sent 11.35 lakh workers abroad last year, which was a record, and if the current growth trend continues, the country will break that record this year, according to manpower recruiters.
Meanwhile, expatriate Bangladeshis sent US$ 2,199.01 million remittances during the month of June in the fiscal 2022-23 (FY23) which is the highest in the last 35 months.
As per Bangladesh Bank available data, Bangladesh has received a total of $ 21,610.66 million remittance in FY23, which is 2.75 percent higher than the previous fiscal where the country received $ 21,031.68 million.
Of the total remittance of FY23, state-owned banks brought in $3,399.19 million.
The central bank data further shows that 43 private sector banks have brought in the most remittances.
In FY23, private sector banks have brought in remittances of $ 17,612.05 million. Around nine foreign banks received remittances of $77.18 million.
Besides, increasing employment opportunities in South Korea, Japan, Italy and the UK also played a significant role in boosting workers' migration. On average, the country sent 93,750 workers per month in 2022, while the number was around 70,000 in the pre-Covid period, according to BMET data. Reopening of the Malaysian market was a catalyst behind the growth in recent months as the country attracted the second largest number of Bangladeshi workers in a single month after Saudi Arabia. Bangladesh exported a total of Bangladeshi 178,086 workers during January-June period of the current calendar year as against 226,150 workers recruited by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Recruiting agencies say that Malaysia is a more preferable destination for Bangladeshi workers than Middle Eastern countries because of its comparatively better salary structure and weather conditions that are almost similar to Bangladesh's.
