KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 — Kulim Berhad has received its first “post-pandemic batch” of migrant workers, the palm oil planter said today, paving the way for more workers to enter Malaysia and help ease a severe labour crunch after bureaucratic hiccups.
Despite reopening borders in April, Malaysia has not seen a significant return of migrant workers due to slow government approvals and protracted negotiations with Indonesia and Bangladesh over worker protections.They were the first group of Indonesian migrant workers to enter Malaysia since borders reopened, and were long awaited by palm oil planters grappling with lower production and a shortage of over 100,000 workers.
Indonesia’s ambassador to Malaysia, Hermono, told Reuters yesterday that Jakarta has approved requests for 4,699 workers for the plantation sector only.
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