Finance minister wonders why Bangladeshis risking lives trying to reach Europe illegally
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has wondered why Bangladeshis are trying to reach Europe illegally, risking their lives, despite the country's huge economic progress.
"I really don't understand why people are moving to Europe, risking their lives," he said after a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase today.
The minister said this when reporters drew his attention to the recent rescue of 264 Bangladeshis from Tunisian coast of the Mediterranean.
Tunisian authorities on June 24 rescued 267 migrants, most of them Bangladeshis, who tried to sail from neighbouring Libya to Italy across the Mediterranean, reports AFP quoting the International Organization for Migration.
Mustafa Kamal said, people from other countries are also moving to Europe illegally, not only from Bangladesh. "This is a regular phenomenon."
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