Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmed has said workers will be sent to the country at the lowest cost.
The minister said this on Tuesday hoping that the Malaysian labour market will reopen for Bangladeshis soon, report agencies.
“Those who intend to go to Malaysia as workers must deposit the amount in a bank account. This process has been adopted to ensure that the workers can be sent at a lower cost,” the minister said at press briefing on his Malaysia visit at the Probashi Kalyan Bhaban.
He also said “To reduce the hassle of workers, both sides (Bangladesh and Malaysia) have agreed on a single medical test before leaving Bangladesh.”
When asked if workers will be sent to Malaysia through a syndicate this time, the minister said he does not know how many agencies will form a syndicate but the main objective is to send workers to Malaysia at a lower cost.
On November 6, a meeting was held between the Overseas Employment Minister Imran and Malaysian Human Resource Minister M Kulasegaran in Kuala Lumpur where the Malaysian government agreed to reopen the country’s labour market for Bangladeshis at the earliest time possible.
The two ministers discussed recruitment of Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia at minimum migration cost, the extent of involvement of recruiting agencies in both countries, the requisite medical tests, social and economic security of the migrants and data sharing.
The process of recruiting labourers from Bangladesh may follow a joint working group meeting on November 24-25 in Dhaka, Imran added.