Bangladesh received bodies of 435 migrant workers from Saudi Arabia's Jeddah region while 847 others were buried in the foreign land in the just passed 2021. Of the total, 122 workers died of Covid-19, according to the Bangladesh Consulate General in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). A report of the consulate
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Bangladesh plans to send 800K workers abroad in FY22
Bangladesh plans to send as many as 800,000 workers abroad in fiscal 2021-22, as Malaysia is set to reopen the labour market to workers from the South Asian country. In the first four months of the fiscal year, more than 250,000 Bangladeshis were employed abroad, according to Ahmed Munirus Saleheen, the
37 Bangladeshis among 600 migrants rescued in Mexico
Migrants from 12 countries were among 600 people found hidden in the back of two trucks in eastern Mexico on Friday, most of them from neighboring Guatemala, the government's National Migration Institute (INM) said on Saturday, Reuters reports. The INM said 401 of the people were from Guatemala, 53 from Honduras,
‘AmiProbashi’ is transforming Bangladeshi migrant’s lives
“AmiProbashi”, a digital platform that guides & facilitates Bangladeshi citizens who wish to pursue their dream of working abroad has become hugely popular and well-accepted by the aspiring Bangladeshi migrants and expatriates. In just few months of its launch, the app has been downloaded by over 950k users till now and
17 migrants rescued from Mediterranean Sea return home
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) – in close coordination with the Government of Bangladesh – facilitated the return of 17 Bangladeshi migrants from Tunisia. The flight carrying the migrants left Tunisia on Wednesday and landed at Dhaka's Hazrat Shajalal International Airport (HSIA) on Thursday. They were rescued from the Mediterranean Sea.
88 Bangladeshis amid 229 arrested in Malaysia
Malaysia's Immigration Department raided a factory in Meru, Klang, on Wednesday.and arrested more than 200 illegal foreign workers, including 88 Bangladeshis. Immigration director-general Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud said the raid was conducted at around 11 am local time, reports The Star. "We arrested 229 suspects: 99 Indian nationals, 88 Bangladeshis, 33 Pakistanis,
102 Bangladeshis held in Malaysia
The Malaysian Immigration Department arrested 309 illegal immigrants, including 102 Bangladeshis, during an integrated operation at a settlement near a construction site in Dengkil early Monday. The detainees also included 193 Indonesians, eight Myanmar nationals, four Vietnamese, and two Indians. Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud, director-general of the Immigration Department, said his department
Rehabilitation initiatives taken for returnee migrant workers: Expat Minister
The government has taken initiatives for the socio-economic rehabilitation of the returnee migrant workers, Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad said Tuesday. ''Efforts to retrain returnee migrants and sending them back abroad as skilled workers are continuing,'' he told the 12th meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on his
Unemployment of returning migrants dropped, challenges increased: IOM
Key findings of a recent report of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) indicate that in the months after the government lifted the nationwide lockdown, more returnees were able to find jobs, reports of health and psychosocial challenges declined, household-level food access or food security improved. However, household debt had increased