The unending plight of duped Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia
要約
Date Reported: 2024年7月10日
場所: マレーシア
その他
Not Reported ( Sector not reported/applicable ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: 80
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - バングラデシュ - Sector unknown , Men , Unknown migration status )課題
採用費 , Wage Theft , Poverty Wages回答
Response sought: いいえ
取られた措置: None reported.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2024年7月10日
場所: マレーシア
その他
Not Reported ( 石油・ガス・石炭 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( 2 - バングラデシュ , 石油・ガス・石炭 , Men , Documented migrants )課題
Wage Theft , 採用費回答
Response sought: いいえ
取られた措置: None reported.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2024年7月10日
場所: マレーシア
その他
Not Reported ( Sector not reported/applicable ) - Recruiter関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( 1 - バングラデシュ , レストラン及びバー , Men , Undocumented migrants ) , 移住者・移民労働者: ( 1 - バングラデシュ - Sector unknown , Men , Undocumented migrants )課題
Failing to renew visas , Restricted mobility , 威嚇及び脅迫 , 医薬品へのアクセス , 情報へのアクセス回答
Response sought: いいえ
取られた措置: None reported.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
Activists and researchers say between 100,000 and 200,000 migrant workers from Bangladesh remain jobless, unpaid, or underpaid in Malaysia, because of excessive hiring since late 2022, according to a May 20 report in The Daily Star newspaper...
According to the Bangladesh Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET), around 450,000 Bangladeshis migrated to Malaysia between August 2022 and May 31 this year to join 400,000 other compatriots who migrated in previous years.
Some 12 million Bangladeshis who work abroad send about US$25 billion a year as remittance, playing a vital role in the country's economy of nearly 170 million people.
Most migrants work in Middle Eastern countries...
A recent study by US-based non-profit Verite, published in May, said 96 percent of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia reported facing risks of exploitation resulting from recruitment debt...
Corruption has been ingrained in the system since Malaysia formally started recruiting labor from Bangladesh in 1992 under an agreement preceded by a recruitment trial in the plantation sector in 1986...
When the malpractices, involving private agents, drew international attention, the country halted recruitment and extended an amnesty to migrant workers, allowing them to return home or get regularized...