Job fairs to attract foreign employers stressed
Bangladesh should go for systematic research on overseas job market and consider organising job fairs to attract foreign employers, recommended a study by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
It also suggested concerted efforts to monitor and improve the recruitment process for migrant workers.
The recommendations come at a time when Bangladesh witnesses a decline in overseas employments. In 2007 and 2008, annual overseas jobs landed by Bangladeshis were over 8 lakh, but it came down to 4.75 lakh in 2009. The declining trend continues now too, says an IOM press release.
The study said a greater collaboration is needed between the government and registered recruiting agencies in streamlining the recruitment process, monitoring the agencies and reducing migration cost as there are malpractices in the overseas recruitment process.
IOM consultant Azrah Karim Rajput presented the findings of the recent study titled “Towards a Comprehensive Recruitment Monitoring Policy in Bangladesh” in a workshop held in the capital on Sunday.
Representatives from different ministries and government departments, UN and international agencies, NGOs, civil society and migrant groups attended the workshop.
Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Secretary Dr Zafar Ahmed Khan, Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) Director General Khorshed Alam Chowdhury were present as special guests, while IOM regional representative Rabab Fatima chaired it.
The study recommended that there is a need for training and awareness-raising activities for the outgoing migrants about the migration process, rules, costs and complaint mechanism.
Government officials in the migration sector should be provided regular training to assist outgoing workers at home and in their host countries, it added.
There should also be more training for women as there is newer demand for them, it said.
The study, funded by the European Commission, is based on existing literature and a series of interviews with the government officials, NGOs, journalists and migrant workers, says the hand out.
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