ZCZC
BSS-47
OVERSEAS-WORKERS-RETURN
Over 70,000 workers return home since Apr 1
DHAKA, Aug 23, 2020 (BSS) – A total of 70,427 workers returned back home from different countries in the last four and half months, according to data of Expatriates’ Welfare Desk at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA).
“A total of 70,427 workers returned home from 23 countries between April 1 and August 18, 2020. Of them 67,119 are male and 3,308 are female,” Assistant Director of Expatriates’ Welfare Desk at HSIA Md Fakhrul Alam told BSS today.
The workers returned from abroad due to various reasons like job cut due to COVID-19, expiry of dates of visas or Akamas while many of them are jail returnees, he said.
According to the data, the highest numbers of the workers returned from United Arab Emirates (UAE).
A total of 23,502 workers returned from UAE, 12,950 from Saudi Arabia, 7,759 from Maldives, 7,329 from Kuwait, 3,645 from Oman, 1,382 from Singapore, 746 from Bahrain, 71 from South Africa, 6,068 from Qatar, 1,838 from Malaysia, 100 from South Korea, 20 from Thailand, 39 from Myanmar, 481 from Jordan, 1,419 from Iraq, 122 from Vietnam, 80 from Sri Lanka, 151 from Italy, 444 from Lebanon, 100 from Russia, 20 from Mauritius and 40 from Cambodia, revealed the data.
However, many of the returnees would join their workplaces in the respective countries after the situation becomes normal, officials concerned said.
BSS/MSH/SAH/RY/21:04hrs