The government has given employment permits to 115,541 Malaysia-bound workers after the resumption of recruitment by the host country earlier this year, officials said.
Among them, 35,000 workers have received manpower clearances to go to the job destination, so far.
The information came on Saturday at a press briefing, organised by the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (MoEWOE) at its conference room ahead of the International Migrants Day (IMD) which will be observed on Sunday.
The MoEWOE has taken different programmes to observe the day in the city.
Replying to a query, Dr Ahmed Munirus Saleheen, Secretary of the MoEWOE said the outflow of workers to Malaysia has increased currently. They are also searching jobs in new markets in Europe and Africa.
Responding to another query, he said they didn't receive any complaint from workers on charging excessive migration costs by recruitment agencies.
"If we get complaint, we can take action against the erring recruiters," he added.
The MoEWOE is also trying to popularise government's aspirant database to help minimise excessive migration charge, he said.
According to the data of the Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET), total of 27,800 workers went to Malaysia in the last 11 months (January-November) of the current calendar year.
BMET Director General Md Shahidul Alam, among others, was present at the event.
