Bangladeshi migrant workers
Migrant workers stare into uncertainty as global crises deepen
Moreover, further setbacks are posed by Malaysia's decision to freeze new foreign worker recruitment in March as well as Oman suspending the issuance of visas to Bangladeshi citizens at the end of 2023 due to an oversupply of workers from the South Asian nation.
Labour Migration To Malaysia: UN experts decry appalling state of Bangladeshis
UN experts yesterday expressed dismay about the situation of Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia despite going there through the official labour migration process for a better future.
How we are missing out on higher remittances
Do we have the vision and political will to accelerate change and make the most of the opportunities that are about to unfold?
Bangladeshis in Malaysia: Cops after workers, not rogue employers
Malaysian police have been prosecuting Bangladesh migrant workers instead of the employers who have confiscated the workers’ passports and failed to provide them with jobs and salaries, alleged the Malaysian Socialist Party (PSM).
GULF COUNTRIES / Lack of language skills leaves migrants vulnerable
Although a large number of Bangladeshi migrant workers travel to the Gulf countries for work, there has been little to no government initiative to teach them the languages of the receiving countries.
Lack of skill traps migrants in limited job market
Md Hasan travelled overnight from his home district Barguna to the capital city recently for biometric data enrollment at the Visa Service Centre for Saudi Arabia, hoping to secure a low-paid job in the Kingdom.
Distressed in Malaysia
For aspiring migrant workers in Bangladesh, Malaysia’s reopening of the labour market in 2022 for 15 source countries including Bangladesh to jumpstart its economy from the ravages of the pandemic -- was a godsend.
Migrant Workers: Record 4,552 returned home dead last year
Habib Khalasi, a migrant worker from Faridpur’s Bhanga upazila, went to Saudi Arabia in 2019 to turn the wheel of fortune for his poor family. But he returned home in a coffin last year.
Safe migration still a far cry
How long will our migrants’ rights be exploited?
Court seeks probe report on 219 returnees from Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain
A virtual court in Dhaka asks Turag Police Station to submit a probe report within 10 working days against 219 returnees from Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain.
Italy bars entry to passengers from Bangladesh till October 5
In a major setback for many Bangladeshi expatriates waiting to return to their workplaces in Italy, the European country has put restriction on entry of passengers from Bangladesh into its territory till October 5.
946 Bangladeshis return to the country in last 24hrs
A total of 946 Bangladeshi citizens, most of whom are migrant workers, return to the country by four separate special flights from Kuwait, Oman, UAE, and Russia in the last 24 hours.
‘Create fund to support migrants, their families’
Sixteen migrant rights bodies and civil society organisations appeal to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to create a fund for distressed migrants and their families in Bangladesh affected by the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
2 more Bangladeshis infected with coronavirus in Singapore
Two more Bangladeshi expatriate workers in Singapore have been infected with the novel coronavirus— recently named Covid-19—with links to the previous two cases being confirmed, The Straits Times reports.
183 Bangladeshi workers sent back from Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has sent back 183 more Bangladeshi migrant workers, including 20 women, according to Brac Migration Programme.
Economic crisis in Lebanon: job losses, low pay hit expats
Around 1.6 lakh Bangladeshi migrant workers are passing days in uncertainty in crisis-hit Lebanon as most of them have either lost their jobs or remained unpaid over the last few months.
KSA deported 1,800 in 18 days
Saudi Arabia has sent back over 100 Bangladeshi migrant workers per day in the first 18 days of this month after detaining them on various grounds, according to Brac Migration Programme.
Govt to introduce insurance schemes for migrant workers
The government will bring Bangladeshi migrant workers under two compulsory insurance schemes of Tk 2 lakh and Tk 5 lakh in a bid to provide financial security to them and their family members.
Govt to subsidise Tk10,000 for return airfare of illegal migrants in Malaysia
The government decides to give a subsidy of Tk 10,000 per ticket of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Kuala Lumpur-Dhaka flight to carry undocumented migrant workers under an amnesty programme back for good (B4G) of the Malaysian government.
