Workers who couldn’t go to Malaysia stage demo with 7 demands
The protesters said they are yet to get back their money from recruiting agencies despite assurances from the government several times
Workers aspiring to migrate to Malaysia from Bangladesh, who failed to travel to the country within the deadline from their foreign employers, demonstrated in the capital today (29 December) to press home a seven-point demand.
During the protest starting around 12pm in front of the welfare and overseas employment ministry in Eskaton, workers said 31 May was the last date to enter Malaysia, but the recruiting agencies failed to send them due to unknown reasons.
Concluding the demonstration around 6:30pm, the aggrieved workers also vowed to continue the protest until their demands are met.
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They said they are yet to get a refund from the recruiting agencies concerned, despite assurances from the government multiple times, and the filing of complaints.
"Complaints lodged over the issue have remained unresolved. So, we have decided to continue our protest until our demands are met," Md Ratan, one of the protesters from Tongi, told The Business Standard.
Their demands include a refund from the recruiting agents, licence cancellation for 100 recruiting agencies that are part of the syndicate, a travel ban imposition on the agencies' owners and seizure of the money allegedly laundered abroad by some of the owners who have already fled the country.
Other demands include suspension of sending workers to Malaysia without solving their problems; arresting the agents, sub-agents and brokers of recruiting agencies; explaining why the issue has not been solved in three to four months after complaining to the ministry and manpower bureau.
The other demands include suspension of sending workers to Malaysia without solving their problems, arresting the agents, sub-agents and brokers of recruiting agencies; explaining why the issue has not been solved in three to four months after complaining to the ministry and the manpower bureau.
They also demanded necessary steps so that workers can deposit their money in government banks, an initiative by the government to take responsibility for the failure to send the workers to Malaysia, and sending the workers to some other country at the expense of the government.
