Brac Migration News Today

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.

Over 1,000 Bangladeshis went to Cambodia in the last few years. Several of them were scammed into slavery and their passports seized by agents. Other than a lucky few, many are still trapped in Cambodia

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

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

There is hardly any positive news about our female migrant workers employed in the Middle East or those who have returned home from there.

417 Returnee Migrant Workers: Nearly half of them remain jobless Study shows 98pc of them are in stress due to unemployment, inadequate income File photo Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent A survey by Brac Migration Programme has found that 47.23 percent of 417 returnee migrants do not have any income source now. As a result, the returnees are living their daily life depending on family earnings, loans, and support from relatives. The report says 52.77 percent of the 417 respondents to ...

50,000 female migrants returned during pandemic Says Brac data There are an estimated 67 million domestic workers in the world, 80 percent of whom are women and 11.5 million of whom are migrants. Photo: AFP/Munir Uz Zaman Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent About 49,924 female migrant workers returned home from 21 countries amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Brac Migration Programme. Besides, at least 487 bodies of female migrant work...

Bangladeshi migrant workers who returned home from Libya on Wednesday went through severe hardship as their livelihoods were hampered due to economic uncertainty and deterioration of law and order. The migrants, who returned voluntarily, faced dearth of income opportunities as the North African country was torn by a bloody war. The 148 Bangladeshis landed in Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on a special flight Wednesday morning. They returned with the help of International Organisation fo...

Female worker returns from Saudi Arabia in ‘psychologically unstable’ state Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. File photo Star Online Report Star Online Report A female migrant worker returned home from Saudi Arabia in the early hours today in a "psychologically unstable state" after being allegedly tortured by her employer in the Gulf country, Brac said today. With her, as many as 68 migrant workers, including 61 female migrants who...