With 4.57 lakh workers hired from Bangladesh just last year, Saudi Arabia has been the top destination for Bangladeshi migrants for the past five years.
Bangladesh’s efforts to send workers to five countries have suffered a blow as those nations adopted restrictive measures before and during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Although Bangladesh has seen a rise in overseas jobs over the years, in majority of the districts, international labour migration is quite low, largely due to lack of recruiting activities in those regions.
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Migrants Heading to Oman, Kuwait: 25,000 heave sigh of relief
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Uncertainty over the return of around 25,000 Bangladeshi expatriates to work in Oman and Kuwait is over as Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh has lifted its restriction on travel to Oman, and Kuwait is allowing domestic workers to fly to that country.
Issuing a circular on Tuesday, the CAAB said the decision on lifting the travel restriction will come into force on June 4.
According to manpower recruiting agencies and former leaders of Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (Baira), around 22,000 to 25,000 Bangladeshi migrant workers, who have been stuck at home for the last one and a half months, will now be able to return to work in the two Gulf countries.