South Korea asks Bangladeshis to return by Sept 30
South Korea is asking the Bangladeshi workers, who end their job periods by September 30, to return home and facilitate more Bangladeshis to find jobs there.
South Korea started hiring foreign workers, including Bangladeshis, under Employment Permit Scheme (EPS), through which the sending and receiving governments manage the recruitment system.
Under the arrangement 1,500 Bangladeshis went to Korea in 2008. Of them, 3-year job period of 860 Bangladeshis is going to be over on September 30, according to a press statement issued by the Korean embassy in Dhaka.
If anyone can get reemployed by this time could continue to work there, but those failing to be reemployed will be considered as irregular.
The number of irregular foreign workers is considered as a basis to determine the number of workers from any country, the statement said. If there are fewer irregular Bangladeshis in Korea, it will set a bigger annual quota of recruiting from Bangladesh, it explained.
The Korean embassy and EPS Centre in Dhaka expect all the Bangladeshis whose job periods end by September 30 will return home and facilitate more recruitment from here.
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