Employment and Future Plans for Migration
Most respondents (88%) said they are currently
unemployed in Bangladesh. Sixty-five percent of
respondents plan to re-migrate for work, while 25% said
‘maybe’ and less than 10% said they do not plan to remigrate for work.
When asked how participants will decide when its safe
and possible to re-migrate for work, over half (53%) said
they would receive information from a recruitment
agency, 21% would ask friends or family, and 16% would
receive information from the government. About 10%
said they didn’t know (multiple responses could be
given.)
Figure 6: Do respondents plan to re-migrate for work?
(n=154)
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
Figure 8: How respondents will decide when its safe and
possible to re-migrate (multi-response, n=100)
Yes
Maybe
No
53%
Receive info from
recruitment agency
21%
Ask family or friends
16%
Receive info from
government
10%
I don’t know
I don't know
For those planning to re-migrate for work (100
respondents), almost all (94 respondents) said they
would return to the country they were working in before
returning to Bangladesh. The primary destination
countries respondents said they would return to include
Malaysia (36 respondents), Saudi Arabia (24), and
Singapore (13). When asked how they will find
employment in the destination country, most
respondents said they would return to their previous job
(72%) and 17% said they would use a recruitment
agency (multiple responses could be given.)
Figure 7: How respondents will find employment in
destination country (n=100, multi-response)
0
Return to previous job
Recruitment agency
Friends or family
I don't know
Talk to company directly
Other
20
COUNT
40
60
80