Bangladesh Civil Society for Migrants (BCSM), an alliance of 20 migrants' rights organisations, expressed concern over alleged new syndication in the process of manpower recruitment for Malaysia.
The platform, in a statement on Wednesday, said any syndication might damage the employment opportunities of Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia, as happened earlier.
They suggested ensuring a transparent system, so that workers are not exploited by dishonest people.
It was learnt that, Malaysian Human Resources Minister M Saravanan sent a letter to Dhaka in January regarding hiring workers through 25 recruiting agencies.
"We have welcomed the decision of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad, as he has declined to allow a certain number of recruiters to send workers to the Southeast Asian country," the BCSM statement said.
There is no alternative but to follow a fair process for ensuring safe migration.
"We urged both the governments to open manpower recruitment soon under a transparent system that would allow all authorised recruiting agencies," it added.
On the Other hand, the BAIRA (Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies) Grand Alliance against Syndicate demanded bringing members of the 25-member syndication under punishment immediately by the authorities concerned.
The members of the alliance made the demand at a press conference at the capital's National Press Club.
They said a group of people want to realise their vested interests through the syndicate that would spoil the sector.
They also urged the government to provide equal opportunities that the other source countries have given to their all licensed manpower recruiters in sending workers to Malaysia.
Mohammed Abul Basher, former president of BAIRA, and Ali Haider Chowdhury and Shamim Ahmed Chowdhury Noman, its former secretary generals, among others, were present at the press meet.
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