The labour market in the Maldives for new Bangladeshi workers has remained suspended for about three-and-a-half years now, despite Bangladesh’s continuous efforts to reopen it.
About 16,000 Bangladeshi undocumented migrant workers have so far been regularised in the Maldives under a programme of the Maldivian economic development ministry, according to the Bangladesh High Commission in Malé.
Joint Communiqué on the visit of Maldives FM Abdulla Shahid to Bangladesh
Diplomatic Correspondent
11th February, 2021 12:02:17
The Communiqué came after the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives Abdulla Shahid held a bilateral meeting wit his Bangladeshi counterpart AK Abdul Momen.
1. At the invitation of the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh H. E. Dr. A. K Abdul Momen, MP, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives H. E. Mr. Abdulla Shahid made an official visit to Bangladesh on 8-11 February 2021. The Foreign Minister of Maldives was accompanied by the Foreign Secretary of Maldives H. E. Mr. Abdul Ghafoor Mohamed and Joint Secretary Ms. Fathimath Ghina of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Maldives.