Bangladeshis who came to Malaysia before August 2015 as a tourist or labourer can apply for legal worker status. But agents are making money by promising all migrant workers that they can help them obtain legal status. Even the main company involved with the legalization process of migrant workers, MYEG, is taking advantage of workers. […]
Author: Halima Begum Jhumur
Almost 50 percent of migrant workers in Malaysian detention camps are from Bangladesh. The conditions here are often cruel and inhuman. The Bangladesh High Commission says there is lack of supervision in the camps; many of the charges against workers are not true. (As broadcast on Ekattor TV, Bangladesh.)
To avoid arrests, illegal/ undocumented workers in Malaysia are now living in forests and abandoned warehouses. Since they don’t have a visa or employment papers, they are in conflict with the police. On one hand, helpless Bangladeshi migrant workers are not getting jobs; on the other hand they cannot pay back the money they have […]
These migrant workers came to Malaysia via illegal sea routes and are passing their days in fear. They told Ekattor TV how their fellow travelers were submitted to brutal physical torture and some died of lack of food. Despite being able to earn a few Ringgit every month, they are destined to be unhappy. (As […]
Bangladeshi migrant workers are finding it difficult to get Machine Readable Passports (MPR). They are desperately trying to contact agents or the High Commission. If they do not have an MRP passport by 31 July they will lose their job and could be arrested for being an undocumented/ illegal migrant worker. The High Commission says […]
Despite having a valid passport and visa, Bangladeshi migrant workers are facing difficult times in Malaysia. The Ringgit’s value has dropped and the number of illegal migrants has increased; so have their suffering. They’ve spent a lot of money to come here but suggest it might not be worth it. (As broadcast on Ekattor TV, […]
Private manpower recruitment agencies claim that migration costs will be around 2,00,000 Bangladeshi Taka when the Malaysian market opens. Recruitment agencies told Ekattor TV that they have paid bribes every step of the recruitment process from Malaysia to Bangladesh. But the Bangladeshi government maintains that the cost of recruitment will be less than 80,000 Taka. […]