Malaysia will
soon reopen its labor market, but workers see little to celebrate. Manpower
export stakeholders said a worker may need up to Tk 8 lakh to migrate - even
though international labor policy requires employers to bear all recruitment
costs.
In 2024,
US-based labor rights research organization “Verité” conducted research on the
recruitment costs and loans of Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia. The
organization’s research report said getting a job in Malaysia costs an average
of a...
