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450 more workers back home

Fate of348 stranded at KL airport uncertain

Staff Correspondent
There is no positive sign of receiving 348 Bangladeshi workers, stranded in the Kuala Lumpur (KL) International Airport, by their Malaysian employers or agents following Malaysian government's efforts not to recruit new foreign workers.
Besides these workers, some others who arrived at KL airport from Bangladesh after enjoying vacation were also restricted entry to their workplace, sources close to the trade in Malaysia said without mentioning their total numbers.
Meanwhile, at least 450 Bangladeshi workers yesterday returned home from abroad with special travel passes as their employers neither provided them with regular jobs nor renewed their work permits in time. Of them, 256 returned from Saudi Arabia while 120 from
Malaysia and 80 from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
184 out of 532 stranded workers in Kuala Lumpur Airport were allowed entry to the country after confirmation of their jobs by their employers before the immigration at the airport.
The outsourcing agents or employers of the rest 348 workers, however, are yet to be found in the airport, sources said.
“It is most probably they do not have jobs in Malaysia,” a businessman close to the trade said adding, “So, the fate of the stranded workers is now uncertain."
Many returnees were in jails abroad for different terms for not updating their work permits, said officials at Zia International Airport.
Isahak who returned from Malaysia yesterday said at least 76 of the returnees from
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Malaysia were in jails for not renewing their work permits.
“I went to Malaysia in late 2007.1 had no money to send home or to pay to the employer for renewing work permits, as I had no good job. So, immigration police arrested me and kept me in jail for 7 months,” said Awlad Hossain, a returnee from Malaysia.
Those who returned form Saudi Arabia were also in jail.
Meanwhile. International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)Bangladesh Council yesterday requested International Labour Organization and ITUC head office to take immediate steps to protect the rights of the Bangladeshi migrant workers who are losing jobs.
Expressing concern over the present job cuts of foreign workers, ITUC- Bangladesh Council in a statement said Malaysia's decision of cancellation of 55,000 work visas for Bangladeshis will bring serious consequences for the workers.
It urged the Malaysian government and trade unions to come to an amicable solution in this regard, says a press release.