Golam Mujtaba Dhruba and Masum Billah,
bdnews24.com
Published: 27 Dec 2020 11:08 AM BdST
Updated: 27 Dec 2020 11:17 AM BdST
Inward remittances have shattered one record after another in the outgoing year, but the coronavirus pandemic has revealed the real cost of the foreign currency – sufferings and struggle of the migrant workers. );
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Many of them reacted sharply to the government decision on mandatory quarantine when they began returning home in droves at the onset of the outbreak earlier this year after the coronavirus ground the world economy to a halt.
After staying home without any work for months, the returnees faced another hurdle – the limited availability of air tickets to return to their country of employment, culminating in days of protests. Many lost their jobs after failing to rejoin work in time.