IOM to fly in 930 troubled Bangladeshis
After a gap of around three weeks, the cash-strapped International Organization for Migration (IOM) has decided to repatriate 930 Bangladeshis, who had already fled to Al Saloum border from chaotic Libya.
They would be flown home in five flights chartered by the IOM in the next few days.
Repatriation of the rest of around 300 Bangladeshis will be planned soon, said a press release of IOM regional office in Dhaka yesterday.
The flight details are yet to be confirmed, but are expected to commence from tomorrow, it said.
The decision comes in response to a request from Bangladesh.
“The IOM will continue to monitor and assist return of other Bangladeshis who will reach Tunisian or Egyptian borders in coming days,” said the release.
Since the crisis began in March, the IOM has arranged repatriation of over 27,000 of 35,000 plus Bangladeshis from the borders in Egypt and Tunisia.
Bangladesh has agreed to share the repatriation cost of 10,000 Bangladeshis with the IOM.
The IOM had earlier said that it was facing fund crisis as it had to repatriate thousands of migrants of various countries.
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