5-member committee formed to formulate returnee migrant workers’ database

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DHAKA, Sept 3, 2020 (BSS) – The government today formed a
five-member committee to formulate an integrated database of migrant
workers returning from abroad aiming at providing various government
assistances to them.

The committee was formed at an inter-ministerial meeting held online
with Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad
in the chair, said a press release.

Headed by the additional secretary (security and immigration wing)
of the Security Services Division, the committee has been formed
comprising the Home Affairs Ministry, the Foreign Affairs Ministry,
the Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment, Civil Aviation
Authority and Immigration and Passport Department.

The committee will ensure the information management in the system
of immigration department within a quickest possible time after
collecting the information of the returnee migrant workers at the
immigration counter.

Secretary of the Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment
Ministry Dr Ahmed Munirus Saleheen moderated the meeting while Cabinet
Division Secretary (Coordination and Reforms) Md Kamal Hossain,
Additional Secretary of the Foreign Affairs Ministry Md Khalilur
Rahman, Additional Secretary (Security and Immigration Wing) of the
Security Services Division Mohammed Azharul Huq, Director General of
Immigration and Passport Department Major General Mohammad Ayub
Chowdhury, Additional Inspector General of Police (Special Branch) Mir
Shahidul Islam, Director General (Multilateral Economic Affairs) of
Foreign Affairs Ministry Md Nazrul Islam and Md Tariqul Islam joined
the meeting, among others.