Staff Reporter :
Nearly 5.5 lakh Bangladeshi migrant workers were deported by various countries of the world in the last 10 years. Almost all these migrant workers were undocumented in the destination countries and as such travel pass was required for their return.
International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Bangladesh and BRAC Migration Programme organised a workshop as part of a project called “Prottasha” at BRAC Centre Inn in the capital on Tuesday. The deported data was produced at the workshop.
Shariful Hasan, Head of BRAC Migration Programme said that the data was prepared based on statistics maintained by Prabashi Kalyan Desk, set up at airports by Wage Earners Welfare Board and other government agencies, as accurate data of the country’s returning migrant workers are not available.
Shariful said in most cases migrant workers returned because dates of their visas expired, lack of job opportunities, physical and mental torture, physically unfit and sick, closure or bankruptcy of companies, and failure of their adaptation in a new environment.
“If we want to make their reintegration sustainable in the society, then we have to focus on their mental health and the skills that they have accumulated,” he said.
From now on, the potential migrant workers will be able to get information on reintegration, referral support by dialing + 08000102030 (toll free) and + 09610102030 (Long Code), speakers said at the workshop.
IOM, in partnership with BRAC, is implementing the project titled ‘Bangladesh: Sustainable Reintegration and improved Migration Governance- Prottasha’.
The project is funded by the European Union (EU).
Nearly 5.5 lakh Bangladeshi migrant workers were deported by various countries of the world in the last 10 years. Almost all these migrant workers were undocumented in the destination countries and as such travel pass was required for their return.
International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Bangladesh and BRAC Migration Programme organised a workshop as part of a project called “Prottasha” at BRAC Centre Inn in the capital on Tuesday. The deported data was produced at the workshop.
Shariful Hasan, Head of BRAC Migration Programme said that the data was prepared based on statistics maintained by Prabashi Kalyan Desk, set up at airports by Wage Earners Welfare Board and other government agencies, as accurate data of the country’s returning migrant workers are not available.
Shariful said in most cases migrant workers returned because dates of their visas expired, lack of job opportunities, physical and mental torture, physically unfit and sick, closure or bankruptcy of companies, and failure of their adaptation in a new environment.
“If we want to make their reintegration sustainable in the society, then we have to focus on their mental health and the skills that they have accumulated,” he said.
From now on, the potential migrant workers will be able to get information on reintegration, referral support by dialing + 08000102030 (toll free) and + 09610102030 (Long Code), speakers said at the workshop.
IOM, in partnership with BRAC, is implementing the project titled ‘Bangladesh: Sustainable Reintegration and improved Migration Governance- Prottasha’.
The project is funded by the European Union (EU).
