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“Our missions should appoint lawyers and translators locally and the migrant workers should be made aware of the
situations,” she said, adding that the recruiting agencies must assist migrant workers and the government to retrieve the
unpaid wages.
Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) conducted a study in the mid of 2020 based on interviewing
50 male migrants who returned from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Malaysia because of the
pandemic.
The returnee from Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar alleged that they had a good amount of unpaid dues ranging from
Tk9,500 to Tk500,000, the study found.
When asked about the government’s move to realise the unpaid wages, Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment
ministry’s secretary Dr Ahmed Munirus Saleheen said that the government was trying to get ground-level information
about “wage theft” of the migrant workers.
“We are working with our diplomatic missions abroad on how to protect our migrant workers in the destination
countries,” he said.
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