The fate of many illegal Bangladeshi workers who cannot register their names under any companies in Malaysia is uncertain as a rise in employment crisis may force them to return home anytime.
On June 22, the Malaysian government announced amnesty for the undocumented workers, paving a way for them to get regularised or go back home without facing any penalty. The registration began on August 1.
Around 500,000 Bangladeshis are now working in Malaysia with an estimated 300,000 of them without papers.
Some of the illegal workers are registering their names under the companies they are now working for.
However, others failed to manage any company although they are also being registered.
They may face trouble in the future if and when the unemployment crisis deepens there, said a press release of the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training on Thursday. It advised the workers to enlist their names through any company to avert bad consequence in the upcoming days.
-With Daily Sun input
