Shariful Hasan

Allegations have emerged that legitimate institutions such as marriage registration and family visas are being used to take Bangladeshi women to China, where some are allegedly subjected to deception, coercion, physical torture and sexual exploitation.

Bangladesh-Malaysia labour migration has followed a familiar pattern over the past five decades: the market opens, allegations of excessive costs and irregularities arise, migrants suffer, recruitment is suspended and attempts are made at reform.

The flight from the Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram to Dhaka was scheduled to depart at 8:30 pm on March 12.

Bangladesh received record remittances in 2024. Migrant workers and non-resident Bangladeshis sent a record $26.9 billion in remittances in the past year, providing relief to the country’s dollar reserves, particularly in the face of multiple financial and political challenges, including external payment pressures amid dwindling foreign exchange reserves.

Bangladesh’s migrant workers endure exploitation at home and abroad.

Migration to Malaysia has been fraught with issues since the BMET recorded the first 23 Bangladeshi workers migrating in 1978

Bangladesh has become one of the fastest-growing economies, heavily fuelled by remittance,

In the last five decades, migrant workers have sent back a total of $296 billion in remittances.