Joynal Abedin Khan :Hundreds of migrants from Bangladesh are still missing in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. Of them, about 1000 from Jessore district, 600 from Sirajganj, 450 from Jhenidah, 400 from Cox’s Bazar, 300 from Chandpur, 200 from Narayanganj and 150 from Patuakhali, according to the missing victims’ family and local sources.At least 10 thousand people are still stranded in boats and trawlers, sources said, while thousands are in foreign jails. UNCHR estimates that about 25,000 people risked their lives for better jobs abroad.Meanwhile, about 200 human traffickers were arrested from different districts, including 25 from Narayanganj, Police Headquarters sources said. The law enforcers had filed more than 60 cases with the several police stations in this regard, they added. In Jessore, hundreds of fortune seekers from Monirampur upazila have been missing for long time, They were motivated by human traffickers to go to Malaysia, said our local correspondents quoting the victims’ family members.Some of the missing people are Amanullah, Kamal, Jamal, Kamrul Hossain, Sohel Khan from Moshimnagar village, Sayrat Ali, Hasnur Rahman from Chakla village, Iqbal Hossain from Mollikpur, Tawheedul Islam from Khalia village, Pirbox and Tapon from Mubarakpur village, Shaha Alam, Hossain Ali, Faruq Hossain, Sumon Hossain from Kesmot Chakla, Masudur Rahaman and Shimul Hossain from Shoiley village, Molla Khabir Ahmed, Officer-in-Charge of Manirampur Police Station said that they had received the infrmation from the victims’ families.In Sarajganj, around 600 fortune seekers from Kalakhanda, Kazipur, Shahzadpur, Belkuchi and Chouhali upazilas have been missing for long time. They were motivated to go to Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.SM Amran Hossain, SP, said that police had arrested 11 traffickers following information.Tofail Ahmed, Police Superintendent of Cox’s Bazar, said recruiting agents garner overseas job seekers from different parts of the country and then hand them over to traffickers in Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia. Narayanganj’ Araihazar Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mohamad Alamgir said that they had formed charge sheet against 25 human traffickers in last few months. He said that police are trying to arrest the listed human traffickers. “We rescued at least six victims following information,” the police official said. Seeking anonymity, a high ranking BGB official said, reports on Bangladeshis in different Myanmar jails were sent to the home ministry earlier.On May 1, Thai authorities found more than 30 dead bodies buried in the smugglers’ abandoned jungle camps near the Malaysia border.
