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MNA Editorial Desk: Around 51 per cent migrants experienced fraudulence and humiliation during the process of migration and at the destination countries.
The Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU), an affiliated organization of Dhaka University, revealed its primary findings at a consultation on fraudulence in processing migration.
RMMRU under the Prokas project of British Council is conducting research on the role of middlemen (locally called dalals) in the migration process.
However, Bangladesh is one of the key labour-sending countries of the world. Each year a large number of people migrate overseas for both long and short-term employment from Bangladesh.
The remittances they send have been rapidly growing, contributing significantly to economic growth and substantially improving the nation’s balance of payments position.
In spite of such contributions of Bangladeshi migrant workers, the process here is still a major area of concern.
The extremely long and complicated migration process, high costs, resulting debts incurred by migrants prior to departure and unscrupulous migration agencies are glaring examples of this.
Reports of inhumane working conditions, unfair employment practices and breaches of migrants’ human rights are common in local media, as are inadequate responses to these situations from the government.
The poor treatment that Bangladeshi migrant workers are subjected to while abroad and their lack of protection by the Bangladesh government are causes for severe concern.
