The four-member team led by State Minister for Labor and Employment Tek Bahadur Gurung will discuss the 'free visa and free ticket' issue with the home minister and labor minister of Malaysia on August 24.Both the governments will discuss effective implementation of the "free visa and free ticket system" by ousting the mediators and brokers from the worker recruitment process.
The legal advisor to the MoLE Keshav Joshi who is also in the delegation, told Republica that the main aim of their visit is to inform the Malaysian government about the introduction of free visa and free ticket system in Nepal and its effective implementation.
Representatives of recruitment agencies are also joining the government delegation to Malaysia to hold discussion with Malaysian employer companies. MoLE plans to establish direct contact between recruiting agencies and employers in seven various labour destination countries including Malaysia.
"We will also press for eliminating brokers/mediators from the recruitment process and establishing direct contact between Nepali recruitment agencies and Malaysian employer companies," said Joshi. He added that the companies in Malaysia and representatives of recruiting agencies in Nepal will interact so that the role of broker will immediately lessen.
The Ministry of Labor and Employment (MoLE) on July 6 implemented 'minimum cost system' for aspirant migrant workers under which they get free visa and free ticket to Malaysia, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman and Kuwait.
Under the new system, an aspirant migrant worker has to pay just Rs 17,000 maximum to cover medical test fees, insurance, a welfare deposit at the Foreign Employment Promotion Board (FEPB) and the service charge to the recruiting agencies.
Malaysia is the top destination country for Nepali migrant workers, followed by Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
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