Myanmar has formed a new committee to improve oversight of wages earned by Myanmar migrant workers abroad, according to Myanmar gazette.

The committee — chaired by the Joint Secretary of the Central Committee for Speedy Trade and Goods Flow — will supervise how overseas workers’ salaries are transferred back home. The director general from the Central Bank’s Foreign Exchange Management Department will serve as secretary, with 11 members drawn from the military, police, immigration, foreign affairs, commerce, labor, and other ministries.

Its main duties include ensuring that migrant worker agencies arrange for workers to remit at least 25% of their earnings to their families, taking action against workers and brokers who send money through illegal channels, and checking documentation of departing workers at border points, airports and ports. The committee will also promote the use of licensed banks and companies with official Remittance Business Licenses for wage transfers.

Large numbers of Myanmar migrant workers are currently employed in Thailand, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Middle Eastern countries such as Oman and Qatar.