“If we can ensure skilled migrants, they will not face vulnerabilities in their recipient countries. So, people should not go abroad (for oversees jobs) without having any skill,” said Expatriates Welfare and Oversees Employment Secretary Dr Ahmed Munirus Saleheen. Dr Saleheen said the government now focuses on grooming skilled manpower for oversees jobs. He said the Expatriates Welfare and Oversees Employment Ministry will soon prepare a database of the returnees with support from the a2i programme and International Organization for Migration (IOM). The Secretary, however, said the number of migrant workers who returned home amid the coronavirus crisis is not statistically very significant.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 22, 2020 16:41 UTC