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As Bangladesh sends tens of thousands of migrant workers abroad each year, scores return home prematurely after suffering various injuries or illnesses in the host countries.

An elderly man who returned from Saudi Arabia on Friday night was reunited with his family yesterday after Brac took a step to help him.

Illegal migration of Bangladeshis to Europe through various Mediterranean routes saw an upsurge this year, raising concerns over the government measures to control it effectively.

The embassy thinks Bangladesh has in the last 5 years been moving in the right direction to prevent human trafficking

Kabir Matubbar (not his real name) took an illegal route to Italy from Bangladesh in 2015. But he landed at a refugee camp in Italy.

After a severe dip in his earnings in the last two years of the pandemic, Hajrat Ali, a migrant worker in Malaysia, is very happy this time as he sent home an additional amount for his family’s Eid celebration.

Bangladeshi migrant rights activists and researchers have demanded that authorities investigate the unnatural deaths of migrant workers in the destination countries, including those in the Gulf.

Migrant worker Mashiur Titu saw his monthly income in Lebanon drop by half in two years due to a prolonged economic crisis in the Arab country.

Shahidul Mia (not his real name) spent about Tk 4 lakh to get employed in Saudi Arabia last year.

When migrant workers fell victim to labour trafficking and filed cases with the police, the law enforcers prosecuted or arrested the recruiting agents responsible for sending the workers abroad.