Migration cost to Malaysia capped at Tk 154,000, says expatriates' welfare minister
The government has set the maximum migration cost for sending a worker to Malaysia at Tk 154,000. Expatriates' Welfare Minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury told reporters this at the Probashi Kallyan Bhaban in the capital on Thursday (12 November).
The minister also said the final list of approved medical centres for sending workers to Malaysia would be published within the coming week.
He said the cost for a worker going to Malaysia under government management has been fixed at Tk 154,000, although some of those involved speak of costs as high as Tk 200,000 to Tk 300,000.
If workers could be sent at the fixed cost, they would not have had to face so much hardship, he added.
Meanwhile, an initiative has been taken to send 10,000 workers to Malaysia entirely free of cost through the state recruiting agency, Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Limited (BOESL).
As part of that initiative, BOESL has initially begun the process of recruiting 112 workers for Malaysia's DHL Supply Chain company.
BOESL has also received formal demand letters for a further 558 workers in the country's tourism, manufacturing and caregiving sectors.
It is hoped that if workers are sent at the government-fixed migration cost and the free recruitment initiative is implemented, the financial pressure and hardship of Malaysia-bound workers will ease.
