Stranded, MIGRANT WORKERS in Malaysia
Malaysia will restart its repatriation program for migrant workers in the country from March 1, 2024 Malaysian Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail in a press statement followed online in Kuala Lumpur said the program is for those who are already in Malaysia but do not qualify for entry as workers hence the migrant repatriation program which starts on March 1 after the migrant workers to pay their fines are exempted from court prosecution The program is a repatriation amnesty which will be announced so that it can be used by those involved to facilitate repatriation, he said the fines imposed are between Rm.300 or about Rm.99,000 to Rm. 500 for those who entered Malaysia without a work visa and Rm.500 for those who overstayed their work visa and Rm.300 for those who violated the pass requirement. Malaysia previously implemented the 2.O workforce recalibration program which ended on December 31 last year where they gave employers the opportunity to apply for unauthorized foreign workers to obtain documents to officially employ foreign workers at the same time Saifuddin also said the government has kept the decision to freeze the quota of applications and graduation of taking foreign workers, according to him there is no need to cancel the freeze considering that the foreign workers needed for critical sectors are sufficient. migrant workers stranded hundreds of South Asian migrants have been stranded without work for months in Malaysia after the jobs they were lured into fell through despite paying recruitment agencies 1000s of dollars at a student dormitory located about 40 km from the capital about 500 migrants mostly youths from Nepal and Bangladesh who arrived in Malaysia since December.

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