Staff Reporter :
The government has taken a plan to deport 11 thousand illegal foreigners from Bangladesh soon.
“Government has identified foreigners who are staying illegally despite expiry of their visa tenure. They will be sent back soon,” A KM Mozammel Haque, Minister of Liberation War Affair said after a cabinet meeting on Law and Order in Home Ministry on Thursday.
A K M Mozammel Haque, also Chairman of the cabinet committee said, many foreigners have no money to go back home, nor their countries have embassies here.
“Many of those illegal foreigners have served jail. But the problem is that they even committed crimes inside jails,” the minister said.
“In these circumstances we have decided to transport them at our own cost. We have to ask government to sanction some money in this regard,” AKM Mozammel said.
Replying to a query, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said, “We have requested some embassies here to take back their citizens, but no response.”
Most of those foreigners are from African countries like Nigeria and Tanjania.
Home Minister said, though many of those foreigners served jail terms, all of those are not criminals. Some of them have spent their money or lost in business. Total numbers are 11,000, he added.
Home Minister said, Rohingya refugees are involved with many crimes in camps here. We have alerted our law enforcers to curb that.
Some Rohingyas have gone abroad from here using Bangladeshi fake passports.
We have taken initiatives to stop such activities.
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi, State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain, State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, secretaries of concerned ministries and officials of different agencies, were also present.
The government has taken a plan to deport 11 thousand illegal foreigners from Bangladesh soon.
“Government has identified foreigners who are staying illegally despite expiry of their visa tenure. They will be sent back soon,” A KM Mozammel Haque, Minister of Liberation War Affair said after a cabinet meeting on Law and Order in Home Ministry on Thursday.
A K M Mozammel Haque, also Chairman of the cabinet committee said, many foreigners have no money to go back home, nor their countries have embassies here.
“Many of those illegal foreigners have served jail. But the problem is that they even committed crimes inside jails,” the minister said.
“In these circumstances we have decided to transport them at our own cost. We have to ask government to sanction some money in this regard,” AKM Mozammel said.
Replying to a query, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said, “We have requested some embassies here to take back their citizens, but no response.”
Most of those foreigners are from African countries like Nigeria and Tanjania.
Home Minister said, though many of those foreigners served jail terms, all of those are not criminals. Some of them have spent their money or lost in business. Total numbers are 11,000, he added.
Home Minister said, Rohingya refugees are involved with many crimes in camps here. We have alerted our law enforcers to curb that.
Some Rohingyas have gone abroad from here using Bangladeshi fake passports.
We have taken initiatives to stop such activities.
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi, State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain, State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, secretaries of concerned ministries and officials of different agencies, were also present.
