101 Bangladeshis back home from Libya

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The first group of 101 Bangladeshi nationals arrived in Dhaka Monday afternoon from Libya via Istanbul while another 1,000 Bangladeshis are expected to return home by March 2-3, reports UNB. Foreign Secretary Mijarul Quayes disclosed this during a regular press briefing on the issue of evacuation of Bangladeshis from violence-torn Libya. He said more than 8,800 Bangladeshis have either left or are poised to leave Libya by ships or buses to safer destinations in Greece, Egypt, Tunisia and Malta. The foreign secretary said 700 Bangladeshis, who were stranded at Tripoli International Airport, will be shifted to Tunisia by buses today (Tuesday) with the help of IOM. Giving a break-up of evacuation, he said Korean Hanil Company will shift 1,500 Bangladeshis to Tunisia while Daewoo will shift 2,000 to Piraeus island of Greece. Some 3,500 Bangladeshis have already reached the Egyptian border. Of them 1,000 were given travel documents Monday to enter Egypt from where they will be brought back to Bangladesh.