7/12/2020
74pc migrant workers failed to bring back remittance: Study
Some 74 per cent of returnee migrant workers failed to bring back remittances
from their job destination countries, according to a study.
The study, conducted by Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit
(RMMRU), also showed that the workers who were in the deportation camps at
those countries faced different forms of rights violations.
About 74 per cent of returned workers had left behind a significant amount of
remittances in job destination countries.
On average, the affected migrants lost Tk 175,000 (minimum Tk 9500 and
maximum Tk 500,000), the study showed.
A substantial majority of the money left behind were unpaid wages.
Only 26 per cent of the returnees said they do not have dues of any outstanding
payments.
In addition, cases were reported in which migrant workers lost money by giving
loans to friends from other countries, paid for visa renewal and theft by law
enforcers.
RMMRU conducted the qualitative study on 50 male migrant workers who came
back from Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar and Malaysia in the
last three months.
Maximum workers were engaged in informal sector. The research said 78 per cent
of the workers were picked up from public places, detained and forcibly returned
while 10 per cent returned voluntarily (mostly from Malaysia).
Some 6.0 per cent returned on leave and another 6.0 per cent came back being
sponsored by employers for security reasons (also mostly from Malaysia).
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