Reza Mahmud :
The government has taken all necessary measures to bring back undocumented Bangladesh migrant workers in Saudi Arabia as the Saudi government recently decided to enforce massive deportation of foreign workers staying in the country illegally.
At least 24,281 Bangladeshi workers already returned from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) between January 1 and November 30, 2019, because of new Saudi Arabian policies, and thousands other are waiting for returning to Bangladesh, an official of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry told The New Nation yesterday.
He said Bangladesh Embassy in Saudi Arabia has been asked to provide all necessary supports to the Bangladeshi migrant workers who faced deportation.
“The returnees will get necessary services from the Embassy free of cost. A notice in this regard has been issued on Tuesday,” he added.
Bangladeshi nationals can avail such service from the Rawda labor office in Riyadh.
Expressing satisfaction over the embassy’s decision, Golam Sarwar, a Bangladeshi
community leader, said, it will reduce the sufferings of Bangladeshi expatriates who preparing to leave the oil-rich Gulf nation taking the advantage of the country’s general amnesty on illegal labour migrants.
He also said that hundreds thousands of Bangladeshis are crowding the Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh everyday to get the services before returning homes.
According to him, thousands of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Saudi Arabia faced the risk of deportation following its ‘Nitaqat’ policy that meant to increase the employment of Saudi nationals leading to layoffs of foreign migrant workers, including Bangladeshis.
Under the new Saudi policy, drawn by its Ministry of Labor and Social Development, Saudi companies and enterprises are required to fill up their workforce with Saudi nationals up to certain levels.
Officials said, Bangladeshi migrant workers continue to return as a result of shrinking overseas job market for them, largely because of policy changes by labour recruiting countries and rising demands for skilled workers.
“We mainly send unskilled and semi-skilled workers abroad. But their demands fell drastically amid economic crisis in key labour recruiting countries,” said another official of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry, adding, “Time has com e to diversify our overseas labour market with ample supply of skilled workers in order to sustain the country’s remittance income, which plays a vital role for rural-development.
The government has taken all necessary measures to bring back undocumented Bangladesh migrant workers in Saudi Arabia as the Saudi government recently decided to enforce massive deportation of foreign workers staying in the country illegally.
At least 24,281 Bangladeshi workers already returned from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) between January 1 and November 30, 2019, because of new Saudi Arabian policies, and thousands other are waiting for returning to Bangladesh, an official of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry told The New Nation yesterday.
He said Bangladesh Embassy in Saudi Arabia has been asked to provide all necessary supports to the Bangladeshi migrant workers who faced deportation.
“The returnees will get necessary services from the Embassy free of cost. A notice in this regard has been issued on Tuesday,” he added.
Bangladeshi nationals can avail such service from the Rawda labor office in Riyadh.
Expressing satisfaction over the embassy’s decision, Golam Sarwar, a Bangladeshi
community leader, said, it will reduce the sufferings of Bangladeshi expatriates who preparing to leave the oil-rich Gulf nation taking the advantage of the country’s general amnesty on illegal labour migrants.
He also said that hundreds thousands of Bangladeshis are crowding the Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh everyday to get the services before returning homes.
According to him, thousands of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Saudi Arabia faced the risk of deportation following its ‘Nitaqat’ policy that meant to increase the employment of Saudi nationals leading to layoffs of foreign migrant workers, including Bangladeshis.
Under the new Saudi policy, drawn by its Ministry of Labor and Social Development, Saudi companies and enterprises are required to fill up their workforce with Saudi nationals up to certain levels.
Officials said, Bangladeshi migrant workers continue to return as a result of shrinking overseas job market for them, largely because of policy changes by labour recruiting countries and rising demands for skilled workers.
“We mainly send unskilled and semi-skilled workers abroad. But their demands fell drastically amid economic crisis in key labour recruiting countries,” said another official of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry, adding, “Time has com e to diversify our overseas labour market with ample supply of skilled workers in order to sustain the country’s remittance income, which plays a vital role for rural-development.
