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Protect Bangladeshi workers’ rights

AL, BNP labour leaders' jt plea to Malaysian counterpart

UNS, Dhaka
The labour wings of ruling Awami League and the opposition BNP expressed concern over the cancellation of visas of Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia and made a joint plea to the authorities in Kuala Lumpdr ro reverse the decision.
Bangladesh Ja'tiyatabadi Sramik Dal (BJSD) President Nazrul Islam, also EC member
of ITUC-AP for 2010-11, and Jatiya Sramik League (JSL) General Secretary Roy Ramesh Chandra. EC member of the FTUC-AP for 2008-09, jointly wrote a letter to G Rajasekaran, president of the ITUC-AP and secretary general of the Malaysian Trade Union Congress, requesting them to protect the rights of the Bangladesh workers.
They in the lener noted that a few days ago the Malaysian
government suddenly cancelled visas of around 55,000 Bangladeshi workers. And, during last few days, hundreds of Bangladeshi workers were either arrested in Malaysia or sent back home.
"A huge number of Bangladeshi workers were thrown out of employment without notice and are being forced to return home efripty-handed,” they said in the letter.
On the other hand, hun-
dreds of Bangladeshi workers, who arrived in Kuala Lumpur with valid legal documents, were not allowed to go to their workplaces and detained in custody of the immigration authority.
"Few of them somehow managed to return to Dhaka ,,and nafrated, thpir. immense ,sufferings they faced ^ upder, custody," reads the joint letter.
"We would request you and your esteemed organisation, well-known for protecting human and trade union rights of the working people, to look into the issue and take immediate necessary action to protect the rights and interests of the Bangladeshi migrant workers in
Malaysia," the government-opposition labour coalition pleaded.
Citing the global economic recession, the Malaysian government has cancelled the work visas of 55,000 Bangladeshis. They had already been approved for work in Malaysia and had paid MSI2,000 ($3,226, £2,357) in fees. The Malaysian government said it would try to refund the fees.
Malaysian Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar said Bangladeshi workers who had visas approved in 2007 but who had not yet arrived in Malaysia would not be allowed to take up employment over there.
"This is due to the current scenario in the country, in that there is no need for foreign labour except for certain sectors identified by the government," he told a news conference on March 10, according to state news agency Bernama.
In January, the government banned the hiring of new foreigners after a report forecast 45,000 Malaysians losing their jobs in the next few months.
Estimates suggest that about 500,000 Bangladeshis are among up to three million Asian migrant workers working in Malaysia.