Illegal stay, high migration cost push down manpower export
Thursday, 9 December 2010
FE Report
High migration cost, illegal stay abroad and activities of some unscrupulous manpower traders are contributing to the slow down in manpower export to some potential countries, said Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Minister of Labour and Employment Wednesday.
"The government has taken initiatives to regain the overseas manpower markets which are shrinking in some potential countries aiming to boost the remittance flow into the country," he told the media after meeting the delegation of Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) at his ministry office in the capital.
He said that the manpower market in Malaysia was shrinking due to illegal stay of some Bangladeshis in the country.
"I am going to Malaysia on December 12 to discuss with the high ups of the country on some modalities of manpower export," he mentioned.
He said that Bangladeshi workers living abroad are law abiding and they could easily learn languages of those countries. But the high migration cost are hampering manpower export.
On the issue of Akama, Engineer Mosharraf said, "Many illegal Bangladeshis in Saudi Arabia have been passing their days in bad condition. Saudi government is given chances to those illegal people to leave the country without penalty and arranging repatriation".
The minister who is also in charge of the Overseas Employment and Expatriate Welfare Ministry urged all the illegal Bangladeshis living in Saudi Arabia to return home.
"If you (illegal Bangladeshis) come back to the country then it will be easier for us to send fresh manpower to Saudi Arabia and Malaysia," he mentioned.
He said the government of United Arab Emirates is going to formulate a new law that will simplify visa procedures.
Regarding the migration cost the labour and employment minister said the migration cost will be determined as per the destination.
Regarding use of fake National Identity Card (NIC) by some people that has prompted Korean Language Authorities to stop taking Korean Language Test (KLT) in the capital, Dr Mosharraf said he held talks with the Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Taiyoung Cho at the former's secretariat office Wednesday.
"We requested them (Koreans) to identify candidates who are appearing for KLT by checking their respective passports rather than NIC's," he added.
He said the KLT will resume from today following fruitful discussion with the Korean envoy.
Regarding the meeting with BAIRA leaders the labour and employment minister said that they had a fruitful meeting and both parties have agreed to remove the bottlenecks in manpower export.
High migration cost, illegal stay abroad and activities of some unscrupulous manpower traders are contributing to the slow down in manpower export to some potential countries, said Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Minister of Labour and Employment Wednesday.
"The government has taken initiatives to regain the overseas manpower markets which are shrinking in some potential countries aiming to boost the remittance flow into the country," he told the media after meeting the delegation of Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) at his ministry office in the capital.
He said that the manpower market in Malaysia was shrinking due to illegal stay of some Bangladeshis in the country.
"I am going to Malaysia on December 12 to discuss with the high ups of the country on some modalities of manpower export," he mentioned.
He said that Bangladeshi workers living abroad are law abiding and they could easily learn languages of those countries. But the high migration cost are hampering manpower export.
On the issue of Akama, Engineer Mosharraf said, "Many illegal Bangladeshis in Saudi Arabia have been passing their days in bad condition. Saudi government is given chances to those illegal people to leave the country without penalty and arranging repatriation".
The minister who is also in charge of the Overseas Employment and Expatriate Welfare Ministry urged all the illegal Bangladeshis living in Saudi Arabia to return home.
"If you (illegal Bangladeshis) come back to the country then it will be easier for us to send fresh manpower to Saudi Arabia and Malaysia," he mentioned.
He said the government of United Arab Emirates is going to formulate a new law that will simplify visa procedures.
Regarding the migration cost the labour and employment minister said the migration cost will be determined as per the destination.
Regarding use of fake National Identity Card (NIC) by some people that has prompted Korean Language Authorities to stop taking Korean Language Test (KLT) in the capital, Dr Mosharraf said he held talks with the Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Taiyoung Cho at the former's secretariat office Wednesday.
"We requested them (Koreans) to identify candidates who are appearing for KLT by checking their respective passports rather than NIC's," he added.
He said the KLT will resume from today following fruitful discussion with the Korean envoy.
Regarding the meeting with BAIRA leaders the labour and employment minister said that they had a fruitful meeting and both parties have agreed to remove the bottlenecks in manpower export.