23/02/2021 'Back empty-handed': Bangladeshis cut off from jobs abroad face rising poverty | Remittances | The Guardian The return of extreme poverty 'Back empty handed': Bangladeshis cut off from jobs abroad face rising poverty Global development is supported by About this content Kaamil Ahmed and Rafiqul Montu in Noakhali W Thu 4 Feb 2021 06.20 GMT hen the pandemic forced Firoza Begum back to Bangladesh after six months trapped in her employer’s house without pay, her husband was so angry she had returned empty-handed that he would not let her move back in to the family home. All her savings after 14 years working in the Middle East had been spent escaping her abusive employer. Begum, 40, had to go to her parents’ home, where she took on responsibility for her mother and two disabled sisters. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/feb/04/back-empty-handed-bangladeshis-cut-off-from-jobs-abroad-face-rising-poverty 1/5

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