10,000 Indonesian domestic helpers to arrive in mid-February

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has agreed to take in 10,000 domestic workers from Indonesia in mid-February.

Human resources minister M Saravanan said the workers will be brought into the country as part of a pioneer project after the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Recruitment of Placement of Domestic Workers that will be signed between him and his Indonesian counterpart Ida Fauziyah in Bali on Feb 7 and 8.

In a statement, Saravanan said the pioneering project is crucial and significant to evaluate the effectiveness of the MoU implementation, as well as improvising whatever flaws that might arise from its implementation.

This announcement comes four months after the freeze on foreign workers, including domestic helpers, was extended until December. — Free Malaysia Today