Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged foreign countries where Bangladeshi expatriate workers currently lives, to act appropriately to protect them from fraudulence, reports the state news agency BSS.
“I request the countries where the Bangladeshi workers are being taken to initiate appropriate measures to recurrence of fraudulence victimizing our workers,” she said while inaugurating the World Migrants Day at the capital’s Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC).
The premier simultaneously asked foreign-bound workers to become aware against fraudulence as many of them were going abroad by selling their lands and properties for an overseas job.
“I urge all to be aware about the fraudulence. The people are even sending their wives alongside their sons and daughters after being allured to get good jobs abroad. Many incidents of selling own wives have even happened. It is very regretful,”
She sounded a note of warning saying, “We will take appropriate measures against those (recruiting agencies) who are involved in the misdeeds.”
The premier called upon the Bangladeshi overseas jobseekers to receive proper training before going abroad as it is very much essential.
“It’s very unfortunate that the people who want to go to abroad with a job are less interested to receive training. They fall in danger after going abroad due to lack of skill,” she said.
The prime minister said her government has been providing training to the people intending to go abroad with jobs.
She said many people fell prey to the danger for not getting appropriate training. “It’s very regretful and it needs to be addressed.”
The Prime Minister asked the overseas jobseekers to verify job, salary and security measures properly before going to any country as there is registration system here in Bangladesh now.
In this regard, she also urged all of the country’s rural areas to be careful so that none can fall victim of such fraud.
In the function, the Prime Minister inaugurated the insurance coverage system for migrant workers and handed over the insurance policy to an overseas jobseeker.
She also handed over cheques of stipends to two meritorious students as part of the distribution of some Taka 4.5 crore as stipends to 3,225 meritorious children of migrant workers.
Besides, Sheikh Hasina provided Commercially Important Person (CIP) awards to two non-residents Bangladeshis (NRB) as the government conferred the CIP awards to 42 Bangladeshi expatriates on the occasion of the International Migrants Day 2019.
Later, the Prime Minister opened the migration fair at the venue.