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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.