A further 332 Bangladeshi workers have been sent back home from Saudi Arabia.

Among them 76 migrant workers have returned empty handed from the country on Friday (Nov 1) night.

Earlier 104 and 153 migrant worker returned home on Thursday (Oct 31) and Wednesday (Oct 30) respectively, according to Expatriate Welfare desk at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

With these 332, over 9,500 Bangladeshi workers have so far been sent back home from Saudi Arabia in the last three months amidst crackdown on undocumented workers.

According to BRAC Migration Programme, the number of returnees has been increasing in the recent times. In August this year, some 1,528 workers returned from the middle east country while 3,339 in September and 4,662 in October.

BRAC Migration Programme chief Shariful Hasan said, nearly 21,000 Bangladeshi have so far been sent back home from Saudi Arabia during the current year.