112 Workers to Go to Malaysia at No Cost as BOESL Plans to Send 10,000 With Zero Migration Expense

Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Limited, BOESL, will recruit 112 Bangladeshi workers for Malaysia with no migration cost to the workers. The workers will be employed at DHL Supply Chain (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.

All migration costs for this recruitment will be borne by the Malaysian employer. That means the workers will not have to spend any money to go abroad. BOESL Managing Director Mohammad Rashedul Haq gave the information at a press conference at the BOESL office on Thursday, 12 November.

BOESL said a plan has been taken under a government initiative to send a total of 10,000 workers to Malaysia with absolutely no migration cost. The programme will be implemented in phases based on demand received from employers. As part of it, the process to recruit 112 workers in the first phase has begun.

According to BOESL, a demand letter for worker recruitment was received from Malaysia's DHL Supply Chain on 2 November. An online recruitment notice was then published on 5 November. Applications were taken from 10am on 6 November to 4pm on 8 November. A total of 4,029 applications were submitted during this time.

To ensure equal opportunity for applicants and transparency in the selection process, a lottery was held through online software at 4:30pm on 8 November. A total of 300 people were initially selected for two posts. Among them, 200 are for the Operations Assistant post and 100 for the Technical Skill Worker post.

From these 300 initially selected candidates, 112 will be finally recruited after verification of professional skills, practical ability and suitability for the work. A nine-member delegation from Malaysia has come to Bangladesh for this purpose. From 12 to 15 November, they will directly conduct practical tests and interviews.

At the press conference, Mohammad Rashedul Haq said BOESL is not interfering in any way in the selection process. Those whom the employer's representatives select after verifying qualifications will be finally recruited.

He also said Malaysia is Bangladesh's second largest labour market. BOESL is working to increase employment opportunities abroad and to ensure safe, ethical and skilled migration. In this recruitment, all government-fixed migration costs of the workers will be borne by the employer. BOESL will also not take any migration cost or service charge from the employer or the workers.

Mentioning 'zero means zero', the BOESL managing director said their goal is that no qualified and able person should be deprived of the opportunity to work abroad for lack of money. The initiative has been taken so that an ordinary worker can get the opportunity to work abroad on the basis of his own labour, skills and qualifications.

BOESL also warned that if a broker, middleman or unauthorised person demands money at any stage of the recruitment, or if a candidate engages in unethical transactions, strict legal action will be taken against both, subject to proof. Candidates have been requested not to make any kind of financial transaction.

BOESL expects that if this zero-migration-cost recruitment programme succeeds, more employment opportunities will be created for Bangladeshi workers in the Malaysian labour market. It will also serve as an example of safe and dignified migration.