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One hundred and sixty Bangladeshi migrant workers, including a woman, returned home yesterday from war-torn Libya under a repatriation programme arranged by the Bangladesh mission there.
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), which facilitated the latest repatriation, says at least 2,942 Bangladeshi migrants have returned home from the North African country under its Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) programme since 2015.
A special flight of Buraq Air carrying the 160 migrant workers touched down at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka around 10:15am, said Fakhrul Alam, assistant director of Probashi Kalyan Desk at the airport.
The chartered flight also carried the body of a migrant worker. Fakhrul, however, could not immediately confirm the identity of the deceased.
IOM Yemen Quarterly Migration Overview (January - March 2021)
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HORN OF AFRICA-YEMEN MIGRATION TRENDS IN 2021
In the first quarter of 2021, migrant arrivals into Yemen remained low compared to pre-pandemic years, despite some loosening of movement restrictions and border security. Some 5,113 migrants arrived in Yemen in the first quarter of this year, compared with 27,948 in the same period in 2020, and 37,109 in 2019. The few migrants, who have attempted to migrate irregularly to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) during the pandemic, have typically found themselves stranded at some point along the journey in the Horn of Africa or Yemen. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimates that more than 32,000 migrants are stranded across Yemen in dire conditions, with extremely limited-to-no access to essential services like shelter, food, water and health care.
IOM Yemen: Situation Report March 2021
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SITUATION OVERVIEW
While the humanitarian crisis persists, migrants continue to arrive in Yemen, although in smaller numbers than before the pandemic.
IOM teams have noted an increase in the detention and forced movements of migrants. On 7 March, a horrific fire broke out at an immigration holding facility in Sana’a city and resulted in the death of dozens of migrants, once again shedding light on the dangers faced by the thousands of people travelling through Yemen.
The International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Director General voiced his condolences and expressed support for the migrants affected. IOM protection and health teams responded immediately to the incident by providing life-saving medical and other support. As of the end of March, some of the injured were still receiving treatment in three hospitals in Sana’a1 . Statements by the authorities in Sana a, along with statements made by migrant and refugee communi
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