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Malaysia prefers cut in recruitment cost

Rafiq Hasan
Malaysia is willing to recruit more workers from Bangladesh provided the country can cut down the cost involved in exporting manpower, according to recruiting agents.
Malaysia has made it clear that it might make fresh recruitment from Bangladesh if the 'migration cost' could be contained within US$1,000. This cost includes, among other things, the amount a worker pays to the local recruitment agent and the Malaysian counterpart.
The Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) organised an emergency general meeting (EGM) on Monday and unanimously decided to charge between Tk 60,000 and Tk 70,000 for sending each worker to Malaysia.
It submitted the resolution to the government yesterday for necessary actions.
Malaysia stopped recruiting
workers from Bangladesh a few years back mainly due to high migration cost.
According to it, such high costs lead to job-hopping and anti-social activities by workers.
The recruiting agents earlier used to charge between Tk 1.20 lakh and Tk 1.50 lakh for a job in Malaysia with a salary of Tk 10,000 to Tk 15,000 a month.
As a result, many workers changed their jobs immediate after entering Malaysia to earn more.
BAIRA has suggested creation of a job data bank and strong monitoring system to bring down the migration cost.
None should be allowed to buy any visa at a cost of more than 1,000-1,500 ringgit.
According to the proposed system, the agents would recruit from the data bank through computerised selection and payment would be routed through a cell of the data bank.
So, there would be no exchange of money in excess of the fixed amount between the agents and workers.
Speaking at the EGM, BAIRA President MAH Salim said the migration cost to Malaysia has shot to a disproportionate level because of unhealthy competition among the recruiting agents.
According to sources, the agents earlier collected each visa advice for between 4,000 and 5,000 ringgit.
Employment in Malaysia is very important because other labour markets have already squeezed, said Golam Mostafa general secretary of BAIRA, while talking to The Daily Star.
According to agents, employment scope in Malaysia is still huge.
The average salary of a factory worker in Malaysia is between Tk 10,000 and Tk 15,000 a month with over-time work scope.
Malaysia recruited around five lakh workers from Bangladesh during 1996-97. Thousands of them however returned home in the last few years and many others are awaiting deportation after Malaysia declined to extend their job contracts.