160 stranded migrant workers return from Libya
Sun Online Desk
5th May, 2021 03:02:43
A total of 160 Bangladeshis, who were stranded in Libya due to the coronavirus pandemic and long-standing conflicts, retuned to Dhaka on Wednesday morning with the help of International Organization of Migration (IOM).
A special flight of Buraq Air carrying the workers reached Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday morning, the foreign ministry said in a notice.
Earlier, they left for Dhaka from the Benghazi airport on Tuesday.
The workers were stuck in the country’s eastern cities, including Libya s second-largest city, Benghazi.
The flight also carried the dead body of a Bangladeshi, it said.