Malaysia is one of Asia's biggest employers of foreign labour. But recently, cases of deaths, abuse and forced labour have come to light. What is going on? Who is protecting these migrant workers?
"All high commission officials are discharging their duties imposed upon
them in the process of huge manpower recruitment here from Bangladesh,"
Bangladesh High Commission in Kuala Lumpur said in a statement received here
on Saturday.
<p>In such an incident of troubles, it said, 29 Bangladeshi workers were stranded
at the "immigration transit depot" at the Kuala Lumpur Airport as
their recruiting authorities did not appear there to receive them due to a "communication
gap" during their arrival time.</p>
<p>The high commission officials contacted the Bangladeshi workers’ recruiting
authorities, who promised to bring them to their workplace later.</p>
<p>In another statement on Friday, the High Commission said everyday nearly 1,200
Bangladeshi workers come to Malaysia in different flights but often land there
in troubles in the process of immigration checking that take a long time.</p>
<p>The trouble lingers in cases when the immigration officials become suspicious
finding any inconsistency in the workers’ travel documents or finger prints
and the recruiting authorities do not appear on time to receive them.</p>
<p><i>Source: http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_36197.shtml</i>
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