16,712 workers sent back in 4 months of 2010
Sunday, 9 May 2010
Mashiur Rahaman
A total of 16,712 Bangladeshi workers were sent back by the countries of their employment in the first four months of the year 2010, mainly from Middle East and Southeast Asia, government statistics revealed.
Topped by the oil-rich kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the south-eastern economic power Malaysia- these ill-fated Bangladeshis were hauled up by the local immigration authorities and deported with out-passes.
The KSA immigration authorities deported 5,894 Bangladeshi workers, while the Malaysian authorities turned back 3,971 workers during the period, statistics by state-run Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) revealed.
KSA has traditionally been the top country in deporting Bangladeshi nationals as they are found in illegal stay with Omrah-visa, overstay and unauthorised Akama-change.
"These are punishable offences in KSA and workers face deportation once they get caught," overseas employment sources said.
In 2009, Saudi Arabia sent back 27,304 Bangladeshi nationals, while it employed 14,666 during the year.
BMET, that maintains overseas employment statistics, has also revealed that Malaysia employed only 129 Bangladeshi workers during the January-April period and deported 3,971. All these deportees were sent back with out-passes, meaning they entered the country illegally without documentations.
"It's a serious concern for the government," an employment ministry official said adding, "the trend of going to Malaysia in illegal ways has increased significantly and the employment-seekers are becoming vulnerable to trafficking and exploitations."
In the year of 2009, total 12,402 Bangladeshi workers found jobs in Malaysia, while 16,877 were sent back for their illegal overstay and work.
Other countries that deported significant numbers of Bangladeshi workers were United Arab Emirates - 2,447; Oman - 2,261; Singapore - 223; and Kuwait 254 workers. They sent the workers back during the first four months of the year.
During the period, a total of 1,662 workers were sent back to Bangladesh from the other employing countries.
"The number of deported workers reflects the prevalence of loopholes in our system," an expert on the country's US$ 10-billion-remittance-generating overseas employment sector, Shamim Ahmed Chowdhury, commented.
A total of 16,712 Bangladeshi workers were sent back by the countries of their employment in the first four months of the year 2010, mainly from Middle East and Southeast Asia, government statistics revealed.
Topped by the oil-rich kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the south-eastern economic power Malaysia- these ill-fated Bangladeshis were hauled up by the local immigration authorities and deported with out-passes.
The KSA immigration authorities deported 5,894 Bangladeshi workers, while the Malaysian authorities turned back 3,971 workers during the period, statistics by state-run Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) revealed.
KSA has traditionally been the top country in deporting Bangladeshi nationals as they are found in illegal stay with Omrah-visa, overstay and unauthorised Akama-change.
"These are punishable offences in KSA and workers face deportation once they get caught," overseas employment sources said.
In 2009, Saudi Arabia sent back 27,304 Bangladeshi nationals, while it employed 14,666 during the year.
BMET, that maintains overseas employment statistics, has also revealed that Malaysia employed only 129 Bangladeshi workers during the January-April period and deported 3,971. All these deportees were sent back with out-passes, meaning they entered the country illegally without documentations.
"It's a serious concern for the government," an employment ministry official said adding, "the trend of going to Malaysia in illegal ways has increased significantly and the employment-seekers are becoming vulnerable to trafficking and exploitations."
In the year of 2009, total 12,402 Bangladeshi workers found jobs in Malaysia, while 16,877 were sent back for their illegal overstay and work.
Other countries that deported significant numbers of Bangladeshi workers were United Arab Emirates - 2,447; Oman - 2,261; Singapore - 223; and Kuwait 254 workers. They sent the workers back during the first four months of the year.
During the period, a total of 1,662 workers were sent back to Bangladesh from the other employing countries.
"The number of deported workers reflects the prevalence of loopholes in our system," an expert on the country's US$ 10-billion-remittance-generating overseas employment sector, Shamim Ahmed Chowdhury, commented.