109 more Bangladeshi workers deported from Saudi Arabia

Some 109 more Bangladeshi workers were deported from Saudi Arabia last night.

A flight of Saudi Airlines, SV-804, carrying 109 Bangladeshi workers landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka around 11:30 PM yesterday.

With the fresh deportation, a total of 1,610 Bangladeshi migrants were sent back from Saudi Arabia in the last 16 days of the month, said Shariful Hasan, chief of Brac Migration Programme.

Earlier in 2019, a total of 25,789 Bangladeshi workers were deported from Saudi Arabia and most of them returned to the country empty-handed, he informed.