The situation is worsened by the issuance of fake demand letters, leaving some workers stranded as their prospective employers face blacklisting by Malaysian authorities for corruption.
Last year, BOESL received demands from Malaysian for at least 10,000 workers with zero migration cost but it was only able to send around 1,000 workers
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Bangladesh sent the highest number of migrant workers in its history in 2022 thanks to a surge in demand for labourers in the Middle Eastern countries but remittance receipts did not go up proportionately.