Malaysian job market almost closed to Bangladeshis
February 2, 2016
Malaysia’s thriving job market remained almost closed to Bangladeshi workers over the last seven years.
Over 273,000 Bangladeshi workers got jobs in Malaysia in 2007 while over 131,000 Bangladeshis got Malaysian jobs while in 2008.
In 2009, only 12,400 Bangladeshi workers got jobs in Malaysia and the number fell drastically to 919 in 2010.
In 2011, only 742 workers from Bangladesh got Malaysian jobs.
The number increased moderately to 30,000 in 2015.
Despite repeated efforts the Bangladesh government failed to convince Malaysia to fully reopen its doors to Bangladeshi workers.
A government to government recruitment arrangement worked out in 2012 failed to deliver.
The G2G system kept the private recruiters out of the scene following allegations of various irregularities.
But there has been no progress in formally involving the private recruiters again side by side with the official efforts.
The G2G mechanism became a failure over the last three years when under it hardly 10,000 workers could be sent to Malaysian plantations, Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training officials.
Due to the failure of the G2G system, the authorities in Bangladesh allowed private recruiters to send educated professionals to Malaysia.
There could be delays in working out the G2G Plus system with Malaysia, said EWOE ministry joint secretary Kazi Abul Kalam.
In June 2015, the two sides decided to sign a G2G Plus deal to facilitate recruitment of 1.5 million Bangladeshi workers by private recruiters in three years.
Despite several follow up meeting in both the capitals there has been no progress on the issue since then, said officials.
Recruitment of Bangladeshi workers by Malaysia remains virtually stalled, said Dhaka University’s Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit founding chairperson Tasneem Siddiqui.
Also DU professor of political science, she said the government was keeping the nation in the dark about the real picture relating to the stalled recruitments by Malaysia.
The nation needs to know the updates, she said.
She said that in the negotiations over the issue the country’s officials perform poorly due to lack coordination between the ministries of expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment and foreign affairs.
The Bangladesh mission in Kuala Lumpur should first secure the jobs of workers from Bangladesh who lost their legal status in Malaysia to save them from crackdowns, she said.
Ovibashi Karmi Unnayan Program chairman Shakirul Islam said the government must be cautious before allowing private recruiters to send workers to Malaysia again as they abandoned 15 lakh workers after taking them to Malaysia in two years since 2007.
The G2G system’s failure to deliver prompted the governments of the two countries to involve private recruiters side by side with the efforts of the governments with the recruitments from Bangladesh, said officials.
The two sides dubbed it as the ‘G2G-Plus’ mechanism, they said.
But there has been no progress in signing the G2G Plus agreement with Malaysia since November.
Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies president Abul Bashar took no questions relating to why Malaysia kept its doors closed to the Bangladeshis saying the EWOE minister alone knew the answer.
He said that the EWOE ministry was good at only exchanging letters.
Under the government to government arrangements, he said , no worker from Bangladesh could be sent to Malaysia despite its huge labour shortage.
Bangladesh labour counselor in Kuala Lumpur Saydul Islam said only minor issues needed to be sorted out by the two sides for concluding G2G Plus agreement.
The draft agreement also awaits cabinet’s approval in both the capitals, he said.
February 2, 2016
Malaysia’s thriving job market remained almost closed to Bangladeshi workers over the last seven years.
Over 273,000 Bangladeshi workers got jobs in Malaysia in 2007 while over 131,000 Bangladeshis got Malaysian jobs while in 2008.
In 2009, only 12,400 Bangladeshi workers got jobs in Malaysia and the number fell drastically to 919 in 2010.
In 2011, only 742 workers from Bangladesh got Malaysian jobs.
The number increased moderately to 30,000 in 2015.
Despite repeated efforts the Bangladesh government failed to convince Malaysia to fully reopen its doors to Bangladeshi workers.
A government to government recruitment arrangement worked out in 2012 failed to deliver.
The G2G system kept the private recruiters out of the scene following allegations of various irregularities.
But there has been no progress in formally involving the private recruiters again side by side with the official efforts.
The G2G mechanism became a failure over the last three years when under it hardly 10,000 workers could be sent to Malaysian plantations, Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training officials.
Due to the failure of the G2G system, the authorities in Bangladesh allowed private recruiters to send educated professionals to Malaysia.
There could be delays in working out the G2G Plus system with Malaysia, said EWOE ministry joint secretary Kazi Abul Kalam.
In June 2015, the two sides decided to sign a G2G Plus deal to facilitate recruitment of 1.5 million Bangladeshi workers by private recruiters in three years.
Despite several follow up meeting in both the capitals there has been no progress on the issue since then, said officials.
Recruitment of Bangladeshi workers by Malaysia remains virtually stalled, said Dhaka University’s Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit founding chairperson Tasneem Siddiqui.
Also DU professor of political science, she said the government was keeping the nation in the dark about the real picture relating to the stalled recruitments by Malaysia.
The nation needs to know the updates, she said.
She said that in the negotiations over the issue the country’s officials perform poorly due to lack coordination between the ministries of expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment and foreign affairs.
The Bangladesh mission in Kuala Lumpur should first secure the jobs of workers from Bangladesh who lost their legal status in Malaysia to save them from crackdowns, she said.
Ovibashi Karmi Unnayan Program chairman Shakirul Islam said the government must be cautious before allowing private recruiters to send workers to Malaysia again as they abandoned 15 lakh workers after taking them to Malaysia in two years since 2007.
The G2G system’s failure to deliver prompted the governments of the two countries to involve private recruiters side by side with the efforts of the governments with the recruitments from Bangladesh, said officials.
The two sides dubbed it as the ‘G2G-Plus’ mechanism, they said.
But there has been no progress in signing the G2G Plus agreement with Malaysia since November.
Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies president Abul Bashar took no questions relating to why Malaysia kept its doors closed to the Bangladeshis saying the EWOE minister alone knew the answer.
He said that the EWOE ministry was good at only exchanging letters.
Under the government to government arrangements, he said , no worker from Bangladesh could be sent to Malaysia despite its huge labour shortage.
Bangladesh labour counselor in Kuala Lumpur Saydul Islam said only minor issues needed to be sorted out by the two sides for concluding G2G Plus agreement.
The draft agreement also awaits cabinet’s approval in both the capitals, he said.
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