Migrants in KSA: 200 more return home
Around 200 Bangladeshi workers were deported on Friday night from Saudi Arabia, as the authorities in the Kingdom are continuing to send back migrant workers.
With them, over 800 Bangladeshi workers were sent back this month alone, according to Brac Migration Programme, which maintains a database of deported migrant workers from different countries.
Friday’s deportees landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 11:30pm on a Saudia flight, said Shariful Hasan, head of the migration programme.
Like earlier instances, officials of the migration programme, with help of Prabashi Kalyan Desk set under the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment, provided the deported workers with immediate assistance like food and drinking water. They also assisted the workers to return home safely, Shariful said.
He said a number of Friday’s deportees alleged they were sent back despite having an Iqama (residential permit) in Saudi Arabia.
Such allegations are concerning, Shariful said, adding that the authorities concerned should look into this matter so that migrant workers do not have to face similar uncertainties overseas in the future.
According to Brac Migration Programme, Saudi Arabia deported over 16,000 Bangladeshi migrant workers this year. The number of workers sent back on Friday was the highest in a single day in October.
On October 4, some 120 Bangladeshi workers were deported by Saudi Arabia. Another 130 were sent back the day before.
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