S Arabia deports 200 Bangladeshi workers

Many of the 200 Bangladeshi workers forcibly sent back from Saudi Arabia on Friday night said they were deported despite having legal documents, reports UNB.

A flight carrying them landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 11:30pm, said Md Shariful Islam, who heads BRAC Migration Programme.

BRAC provided them food, water and helped them to go home safely, he added.

Kurigram's Akmat Ali, one of the 200 Bangladeshis, said he went with a dream of solvency five months ago but was forced to leave Saudi Arabia although he had permission (iqama) to stay there for 10 more months.

Samrat Sheikh of Gopalganj said Saudi police arrested and deported him without examining his papers. Saiful Islam of Narayanganj told the news agency that he had another six months' permission to stay but was forced to leave the country.