Some 74 percent returnees claimed that they left behind a significant amount of resource (mostly unpaid wages) when they returned. "On average the affected migrants lost Tk
1,75000."
Many returnees claimed that they did not get full salaries or wages for several months before they returned due to the Covid-19 crisis, she said.
She said those who forcibly returned home are mostly from Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar.
Dr Tasneem said Bangladesh needs to join international campaigns against the arbitrary repatriation of migrants, and the Bangladeshi missions concerned should pursue the
settlement of claims of the returnees.
RMMRU Coordinator Prof CR Abrar said though the study conducted with very small samples which cannot be called a representative study, it focused on the range of problems
and hardship the returnees faced in their host countries.
Director General at the Foreign Ministry Md Nazrul Islam said the number of expatriates Bangladeshis across the world is some 1.30 crore. But only 16,783 Bangladeshi migrant
workers returned home by special flights during the Covid-19 situation, he added.
Shirin Akhter, MP, Aroma Dutta, MP, Executive Director of Manusher Jonno Foundation Shaheen Anam, Director (Training) of BMET Dr Md Sakawat Ali and BAIRA secretary
general Shameem Ahmed Chowdhury Noman, among others, spoke on the occasion.
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