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Rehabilitate female returnee migrants Star file photo During the Covid-19 pandemic, the unfair treatment of Bangladeshi migrant workers in host countries was frequently in the spotlight—whether it was the detention of unregistered workers in unsafe facilities, their lack of access to proper healthcare and nutrition after forced redundancies, or their mass deportation back to Bangladesh, all the while facing wage theft and great uncertainty over future prospects of employment. According to data from the Brac Migration Programme, female migrant workers have also been greatly affected by this ...

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 workers arrived after 2016. The NGO yesterday shared the data with the media ahead of the International ...

49,924 female migrant workers return home from 21 countries amid Covid-19 pandemic: Brac migration programme 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 Star Digital Report Star Digital Report About 49,924 female migrant workers returned home from 21 countries amid the coronavirus pandemic, Brac Migration Programme said. On the other hand, some 487 corpses of female migrant workers arrived home in five years since 2016 with a gradual in...

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 for Migration (IOM) and on their return, the migrants were given different support they needed, includ...

A court in Saudi Arabia has handed down death penalty to a Saudi woman and gave different sentences to her husband and son in the case over the murder of Bangladeshi migrant worker Abiron Begum. Abiron's employer Ayesha al-Jizani, the main accused in the case, was sentenced to death on Sunday for killing the female worker "with a motive", according to a report of Bangladesh