Talks to resume the hiring of workers from Bangladesh in Malaysia gathered pace on Tuesday, as migrant rights groups warned of the continued risk of labour cartels operating in both countries.
Malaysia imposed a freeze on migrant workers from Bangladesh – its largest source country for employees in manual industries – in June last year after the discovery of syndicates charging workers up to US$5,000 each for non-existent jobs that left thousands stranded with no work and vulnerable to…
