The International Organization for Migration yesterday (December 1, 2021) launched its flagship World Migration Report 2022 which reveals a dramatic increase in internal displacement due to disaster, conflict, and violence at a time when global mobility ground to a halt due to Covid-19 travel restrictions.

The flow of remittance to Bangladesh went down heavily in November as many expatriate Bangladeshis continue to prefer the informal channel in sending their money.

The government has selected 57 non-resident Bangladeshis to honour them with commercially important person (CIP) status for their contribution to the south Asian country’s economy.

Bangladesh and Greece have signed a “Declaration of Intent” to increase cooperation in safe and legal migration.

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.

Indian police have rescued 11 Bangladeshi nationals, including five children -- trafficked to the country -- from a train in Nagpur city of Maharashtra.

Twenty-eight-year-old Ahmed Jamal, from Barishal, was working as a labourer in Oman since 2018. He was forced to return to Bangladesh during the pandemic. As a result, he lost his primary source of income along with the hefty recruitment fee he had paid to secure the job initially.

Remittance flow into Bangladesh will turn around in the long term helped by the rapid expansion of fin-tech-based companies despite the ongoing hiccups facing the key source of foreign currency for the country.

Engaging the country’s vast number of migrant workers and non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) in the national development process could open up a new area of economic development.

Remittances have multipurpose positive effects on rural economies, which enhances Bangladesh’s inclusive growth, according to economists.

Thirty-seven Bangladeshis were among 600 migrants rescued in Mexico after they were crammed into two tractor-trailers, AFP reported quoting Mexico’s National Migration Institute.

A total of 600 people, including 37 Bangladeshis, were found hidden in the back of two trucks in eastern Mexico on Friday, the government's National Migration Institute (INM) said on Saturday.

A Bangladeshi couple was arrested on Tuesday by police in the northeastern Indian state of Assam for illegally entering the country.

The inflow of remittance has been shrinking since the last several months as the number of people, going abroad, is decreasing and money transfers through informal channels like hundi are increasing with the ease of pandemic restrictions.

The flow of remittance to Bangladesh shrank further in October as money transfers through informal channels such as hundi might have returned with the ease of pandemic restrictions. Expatriate Bangladeshis sent $1.65 billion in October, down 4.6 per cent from one month earlier and 21.7 per cent year-on-year, according to data from Bangladesh Bank.

Four Bangladeshi youths were arrested yesterday in Karimganj district of Assam for entering India illegally.

The government will build a dedicated centre to provide support to both outbound and home-bound migrant workers, said Expatriates’ Welfare Ministry Secretary Ahmed Munirus Saleheen yesterday.

Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad has called upon his counterpart in the United Arab Emirates to create more employment opportunities for Bangladeshi migrant workers in the gulf country.

Afroza Begum (not her real name) worked for three-and-a-half-years as a domestic help in Saudi Arabia.

The government has taken initiative to build a “support centre” for migrant workers, said expatriates’ welfare minister Imran Ahmad at a programme yesterday.