UNB :
Overseas employment has returned to its previous level, with over 1.5 lakh workers sent abroad during July-October this year.
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmed disclosed the information on Wednesday.
He made the disclosure at the 14th meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment.
“We are constantly receiving demand letters, which contain job orders from employers in destination countries,” Imran said.
“The target for overseas employment will be met if the current trend continues. Although the current remittance flow has slowed down, it will soon be upwards. “
After the meeting, the minister handed over the annual report of the ministry for the fiscal year 2020-21 to the chairman and members of the committee.
As Covid-19 continues to cause inevitable economic slowdown, Bangladeshi migrant workers remain to be the hardest hit groups by the pandemic. Many of the migrant workers are now living in financial hardship abroad and unable to send remittances, while others are being forced to return home.
Bangladesh, the sixth largest country in terms of sending migrant workers, will face massive economic repercussions of this. The country will not only lose billions of dollars in remittances and the market for their workers abroad but also face a huge challenge to reintegrate thousands of involuntary returnee migrants into the local economy.
