Int’l Migration Day Today: Present grim, future worrying
As pandemic hits country’s labour migration hard
Shahadat Hossain was all set to fly to Saudi Arabia in March as a date farm worker, dreaming of a better life for his family members. But before he could make his journey, came the deadly Covid-19, suspending air communications with the Gulf countries in mid-March.
Like everything that came to a staggering halt, Shahadat's scheduled migration was suspended. The 30-year-old from Chandpur now drives a CNG-run auto-rickshaw to earn a living as his documents are under process for a visa reissuance by the Saudi Arabia Embassy in Dhaka.