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Bangladesh: 90% male migrant workers victims of corruption in 2016: TIB

Star Online Report Around 90 percent male migrant workers fell victim of corruption in 2016, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) said today. “Destination country’s employers and recruiting agents with Bangladesh recruiting agents deal with the buying and selling of Visas,” TIB Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman alleged while replying to a query at a programme held at […]

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Bangladesh: Govt setting ceiling of charges

By: Arafat Ara The Financial Express | 3 March 2017 The Bangladesh government has moved to fix a maximum ceiling of migration cost for Singapore-bound workers in a bid to check arbitrary charges by manpower recruiters, sources said. The expatriate welfare ministry is working to fix the cost based on a proposal made by the

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Caught Between Dreams and Reality

By Fayeka Zabeen Siddiqua and Md Shahnawaz Khan Chandan The Daily Star | March 03, 2017 After three months as a migrant domestic worker in Saudi Arabia, Ejjatun Begum from Barisal realised one thing clearly – she had gotten herself into a trap. She finally understood that the local middleman, who had lured her with

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Lowering the costs of migration

By: CR Abrar The Daily Star | 23 February 2017 For many, migration is a route out of poverty and a pathway to live in dignity. It is an integral part of globalisation. The world community has recognised that migration can contribute in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

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Protecting Our Workers Abroad

By Tamanna Sultana Dhaka Tribune | 15 February 2017 Why do so many Bangladeshi migrant workers get mistreated? Bangladesh is in its early stages of development, with very limited employment opportunities in the competitive job market. The less-educated job-seekers who fail to find jobs at home usually seek their fortune abroad. As a result, our

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Ensuring dignity of female migrant workers

By C R Abrar 18 December 2016 / The Daily Star Banglades Today marks the international day for migrant workers. It is a day not only to celebrate the contribution of women and men who go to distant lands, away from their family and loved ones for long periods of time, it is also a

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Worker Migration to ME, Malaysia: Overseas touts jack up costs

Porimol Palma 12:00 AM, December 11, 2016 / Daily Star A nexus between the employers of migrant workers overseas and illegal manpower brokers there is jacking up the migration cost of Bangladeshi workers. Recruiting agents and illegal brokers in the Gulf and Southeast Asian regions “buy” work visas from overseas employers and then “sell” those

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KL to hire workers in three sectors

Staff Correspondent 12:00 AM, November 16, 2016 / Daily Star Malaysian Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot yesterday informed the government that they will hire workers from Bangladesh in three sectors — construction, plantation and manufacturing. The minister, who arrived yesterday, revealed the information after holding a bilateral meeting with Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas

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