Bangladesh wants to ensure the opportunities for
manpower export to Malaysia as an enlisted manpower sourcing country
before the government of the South-east Asian country reopens its labour
market for the Bangladeshi workers.
Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Secretary Zafar Ahmed Khan told bdnews24.com on Thursday that the ministry has taken a strong position in that direction.
He said, a delegation of the Malaysian government would be visiting Bangladesh in the second week of September to discuss ways for recruiting workers from Bangladesh and the issue would be accorded the highest priority during talks with the delegation.
"Malaysia currently recruits manpower from 13 sourcing countries. Bangladesh wants Malaysia to recognise it as a sourcing country. A proposal has also been given to the concerned authorities to this effect," he said.
"Once Bangladesh is recognised as a source country, then it will be easy to send Bangladeshi workers to Malaysia regularly and it will also reduce migration cost," he added.
He said that it was the permanent system for manpower recruitment.
"There'll be no scope of stopping manpower recruitment after taking a certain number of labourers, like in the case of the 'calling visa policy'."
The official said that the Malaysian government was also "keen" on declaring Bangladesh as a sourcing country. Bangladesh will take a strong position on the issue during the discussion next month.
"We'll think twice before sending workers to Malaysia on a temporary basis unless they recognise Bangladesh as a 'sourcing country'," he stressed.
On Aug 11 this year, Malaysian Human Resource Minister Datuk Seri Dr S Subramaniam said at a function in Kuala Lumpur that he would lead a delegation to visit Bangladesh after the Eid to see the recruitment system adopted by Bangladesh government.
He also said that during the visit, officers from his ministry and the Home Ministry would study the mechanism in Bangladesh as the recruitment would be carried out on a government-to-government basis.
The Malayasian minister said their industries also are asking the government to open the ban on Bangladeshi workers because of the shortage of workers.
"Once we've put the mechanism in place, then we can decide whether to open up or not," he said.
The Overseas Employment Secretary said on Thursday that it would be possible to send some 500,000 workers to Malaysia by reducing the migration cost and ensuring transparency once the Malaysian government withdrew the ban and recognised Bangladesh as a sourcing country.
Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Secretary Zafar Ahmed Khan told bdnews24.com on Thursday that the ministry has taken a strong position in that direction.
He said, a delegation of the Malaysian government would be visiting Bangladesh in the second week of September to discuss ways for recruiting workers from Bangladesh and the issue would be accorded the highest priority during talks with the delegation.
"Malaysia currently recruits manpower from 13 sourcing countries. Bangladesh wants Malaysia to recognise it as a sourcing country. A proposal has also been given to the concerned authorities to this effect," he said.
"Once Bangladesh is recognised as a source country, then it will be easy to send Bangladeshi workers to Malaysia regularly and it will also reduce migration cost," he added.
He said that it was the permanent system for manpower recruitment.
"There'll be no scope of stopping manpower recruitment after taking a certain number of labourers, like in the case of the 'calling visa policy'."
The official said that the Malaysian government was also "keen" on declaring Bangladesh as a sourcing country. Bangladesh will take a strong position on the issue during the discussion next month.
"We'll think twice before sending workers to Malaysia on a temporary basis unless they recognise Bangladesh as a 'sourcing country'," he stressed.
On Aug 11 this year, Malaysian Human Resource Minister Datuk Seri Dr S Subramaniam said at a function in Kuala Lumpur that he would lead a delegation to visit Bangladesh after the Eid to see the recruitment system adopted by Bangladesh government.
He also said that during the visit, officers from his ministry and the Home Ministry would study the mechanism in Bangladesh as the recruitment would be carried out on a government-to-government basis.
The Malayasian minister said their industries also are asking the government to open the ban on Bangladeshi workers because of the shortage of workers.
"Once we've put the mechanism in place, then we can decide whether to open up or not," he said.
The Overseas Employment Secretary said on Thursday that it would be possible to send some 500,000 workers to Malaysia by reducing the migration cost and ensuring transparency once the Malaysian government withdrew the ban and recognised Bangladesh as a sourcing country.
