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1,461 Bangladeshi workers came back from Qatar from Jan to June
Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 12:20am on September 22, 2019
After losing jobs, getting undocumented and facing other problems, 1,461 Bangladeshi workers came back from Qatar in the first six months of this year, said...
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KSA continues to deport Bangladeshi workers
Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 12:01am on September 21, 2019
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia continues to detain and deport Bangladeshi male and female workers despite having valid work permits, said officials and rights activists...
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Maldives bans Bangladeshi worker recruitments
Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 12:41am on September 20, 2019
The Maldives has banned worker recruitments from Bangladesh for one year from September 18. It imposed the ban to curb the number of undocumented expatriate...
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Thousands of Bangladeshi workers fear deportation
Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 12:04am on September 17, 2019
Thousands of undocumented Bangladeshi workers fear deportation from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Malaysia amid their on-going crackdown on illegal migrants. On Sunday, Saudi...
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US encourages Bangladesh to accede to Palermo Protocol
Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 01:53am on September 16, 2019
The United States is encouraging Bangladesh to accede to the Palermo Protocol to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children...
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Labour migration equals trafficking in Bangladesh
Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 12:00am on September 13, 2019
Insufficient prospect for legal migration is leaving a negative impact on the practice of safe migration in Bangladesh. Trafficking is practiced in the guise of...
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Trafficking mostly takes place through irregular migration: Abu Bakar Siddique
Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 12:00am on September 13, 2019
Home ministry additional secretary for political and ICT Abu Bakar Siddique said that most of the trafficking in Bangladesh has been taking place through irregular...
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Promoting safe migration to reduce trafficking: IOM chief
Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 12:00am on September 13, 2019
International Organization for Migration’s mission chief George Gigauri has emphasised the need for promoting safe and legal migration to reduce the chances of trafficking. ‘Once...
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Public awareness and proactive role of police needed to stop trafficking: Jayed Shahrear
Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 12:00am on September 13, 2019
Additional superintendent of Police Md Jayed Shahrear stressed the need for a proactive role by police in enforcing relevant laws in the land to stop...
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Workers rights to seek redress against agents stressed: Sumitha Kishna
Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 12:00am on September 13, 2019
Malaysia-based migration expert Sumitha Shaanthinni Kishna said that human trafficking in the guise of labour migration has been an acute problem in South East Asia....
Sunday, September 22, 2019
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