Jordan suspends recruitment of Bengali domestic workers

Jordan – The Minister of Labour, Ali Al Ghazzawi, has put a stop to the recruitment of Bengali housemaids in an effort to regulate the domestic workers’ market.His decision comes after it was proven difficult to provide official documents from the Bangladeshi government to ensure that the domestic workers have no criminal record or work restrictions under their name. The decision comes after Jordan recently witnessed several incidents and crimes committed by domestic workers of Bengali nationality.