By Hanthar Hein - Jul 09, 2024
The Minister of Labor of the Military Council urged the responsible agencies to convince the overseas workers to transfer 25% of their salaries to their families via the official banks chosen by them.
U Myint Naung, Union Minister of the Ministry of Labor, said this at the 11th Annual General Meeting of the Myanmar Overseas Employment Services Association held at MELIA Yangon Hotel in Yangon on July 7th.
In the past few days, the agencies have asked to submit evidence that the transactions of 25 percent of the remittances from expatriate workers to their families through official banks.
“Workers transfer money by any method they like. Agencies could not tell them how to do. They told the agencies to go overseas to convince the workers but who would give the expenses. Transferring with their method or not depends on the worker. Agencies are facing difficulties now. We are thinking about moving forward as we will be blacklisted and taken actions if we don’t follow their orders,” said an official from an agency.
Currently, there are very few expatriate Myanmar workers who transfer money to their families through official banks.
According to the list released by the Ministry of Labor as of June 9 this year, there are 565 agencies that have obtained licenses to send workers abroad.
