Stranded Bangladeshi workers ask Dhaka to help them return to Malaysia
More than 25,000 Malaysia-bound workers are said to be stranded in Bangladesh because of the Covid-19 pandemic
PETALING JAYA: Several thousand Bangladeshi migrant workers who returned home for holidays and got stranded because of the Covid-19 outbreak, demonstrated in front of the foreign ministry in Dhaka yesterday demanding their quick return to Malaysia.
According to New Age Bangladesh, the workers said the visas of most of the migrants have expired as they could not return in time, and that had complicated matters.
They said there were more than 25,000 Malaysia-bound workers stranded in Bangladesh because of the pandemic, and asked their government to act so that they could return to their work places.
The report said Foreign Secretary Masud Momen assured the workers the government would discuss the matter with the Malaysian government.
It quoted migrant worker Md Mohiuddin as saying he had returned to Bangladesh on Jan 28 and was scheduled to come back to Malaysia on May 6, but had now been stranded by the pandemic.
He said his visa had expired on May 6 and he was now uncertain whether he and 20 other migrant workers from his village at Taltali in Barguna would be allowed to return.
Migrant worker Nazrul Kabiraj also told New Age he came to Malaysia three years ago using money his father had raised by selling their land and his mother’s ornaments.
The workers asked the Bangladeshi government to provide them with financial assistance because they have been jobless for more than seven months.
According to New Age Bangladesh, the workers said the visas of most of the migrants have expired as they could not return in time, and that had complicated matters.
They said there were more than 25,000 Malaysia-bound workers stranded in Bangladesh because of the pandemic, and asked their government to act so that they could return to their work places.
The report said Foreign Secretary Masud Momen assured the workers the government would discuss the matter with the Malaysian government.
It quoted migrant worker Md Mohiuddin as saying he had returned to Bangladesh on Jan 28 and was scheduled to come back to Malaysia on May 6, but had now been stranded by the pandemic.
He said his visa had expired on May 6 and he was now uncertain whether he and 20 other migrant workers from his village at Taltali in Barguna would be allowed to return.
Migrant worker Nazrul Kabiraj also told New Age he came to Malaysia three years ago using money his father had raised by selling their land and his mother’s ornaments.
The workers asked the Bangladeshi government to provide them with financial assistance because they have been jobless for more than seven months.
Don't let the bleeding heart propagandists whine about how terrible life is for the Banglas in Malaysia.
ReplyDeleteThe wages they receive in Malaysia are generous and very desirable by their market standards.
Just put up a banner "job vacancies in Malaysia" in Bangla-land, and you will very quickly find a long queue.
We can do without Bangladeshi if only we are willing to pay fair wages to locals. In some instances there are employers who prefer banglas because it is easy to intimidate them so that these workers will toe the line.
ReplyDeletewe shd bring in more hard working bangla n purge the malas one.
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