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Thousands of migrant workers from Bangladesh rushed to beat a hard Friday deadline for new labourers to enter Malaysia, but many more are shut out from being able to work in the Southeast Asian country and send millions of dollars in crucial remittances despite paying exorbitant fees to agents for visas.
The May 31 hard deadline was announced after tens of thousands of Bangladeshi migrant workers fell victim to an elaborate labour scam in Malaysia, each paying up to US $5,000 upfront for jobs that did not exist once they arrived in the…
