By Moses Nyirenda
International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has expressed its commitment to supporting government in regulating labour migration issues such as promoting welfare and human rights of Malawians working outside the country.
This comes as government is exporting labour force to Israel on signed deal with the government of Israel.
IOM Immigration and Boarder Governance Programme Officer, Jeremiah Joshua, told Malawi News Agency (MANA) that, as an organization, they are responsible for supporting government in ensuring safety and consideration of human rights for Malawians working outside the country.
“We are responsible for making sure that, while people must move to work outside the country, safety and consideration for human rights is guaranteed and that nobody should exploit them,” Joshua said.
He said IOM is committed to working with private recruiting agencies in the country so that they follow proper guidelines when recruiting people to work outside the country.
Recently IOM organized a validation workshop for labour migration regulation which attracted officials from Ministry of Labour, private recruiters and other concerned parties for labour migration where, among other things, they discussed orderly labor migration.
In a separate interview, Ministry of Labour Principal Secretary, Chikondano Mussa, said government is committed to ensure that there is order and ethical employment for people working abroad.
“We want to ensure that there is dignity for the workers and also that their rights are being respected at work,” she said.