UAE may not hire manpower from abroad thru' agents
Tuesday, 23 October 2007
FE Report
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of the largest destinations of Bangladeshi overseas job seekers, is planning to end hiring manpower from abroad through recruiting agencies.
"The measure was being mulled to curb exploitation of workers," said a report of Khaleej Times online Monday quoting the country's Minister of Labour Dr Ali bin Abdullah Al Kaabi as saying.
Speaking to newsmen on the sidelines of a consultative forum on temporary work force, he said: "We'll make labour force recruitment confined to the UAE Ministry of Labour and the concerned ministries of the countries from where workers come."
This will check exploitation of gullible workers who often fall victims to unscrupulous recruiting agents," said Dr Kaabi.
Elaborating on the new policy, the minister said his ministry, in cooperation with the counterpart ministries of other countries, would soon reach agreements to streamline the process of hiring of workers.
However, an official of the Ministry Foreign of Affairs in Dhaka said the UAE has already informed the government of its plan to sign an additional protocol in this connection with Bangladesh to regulate the flow of workers.
The country-wise trend of manpower export reveals that the Middle-Eastern countries including the UAE are major overseas job markets for Bangladesh. Over 0.8 million Bangladeshis, including some 125,616 during the last eight months of the current year, have so far gone to the UAE with jobs.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of the largest destinations of Bangladeshi overseas job seekers, is planning to end hiring manpower from abroad through recruiting agencies.
"The measure was being mulled to curb exploitation of workers," said a report of Khaleej Times online Monday quoting the country's Minister of Labour Dr Ali bin Abdullah Al Kaabi as saying.
Speaking to newsmen on the sidelines of a consultative forum on temporary work force, he said: "We'll make labour force recruitment confined to the UAE Ministry of Labour and the concerned ministries of the countries from where workers come."
This will check exploitation of gullible workers who often fall victims to unscrupulous recruiting agents," said Dr Kaabi.
Elaborating on the new policy, the minister said his ministry, in cooperation with the counterpart ministries of other countries, would soon reach agreements to streamline the process of hiring of workers.
However, an official of the Ministry Foreign of Affairs in Dhaka said the UAE has already informed the government of its plan to sign an additional protocol in this connection with Bangladesh to regulate the flow of workers.
The country-wise trend of manpower export reveals that the Middle-Eastern countries including the UAE are major overseas job markets for Bangladesh. Over 0.8 million Bangladeshis, including some 125,616 during the last eight months of the current year, have so far gone to the UAE with jobs.