“We are also developing a new policy for female migrant workers. The recruiting agencies will have to make the conditions of employment clear to the workers heading abroad,” the secretary said. The ministry’s decision comes as a precaution in protecting the large numbers of workers that are daily heading overseas under informal agreements of employment that usually intensify the vulnerability of migrant workers. Bangladesh has long been struggling to secure the rights of migrant workers, particularly female workers with thousands returning home to Bangladesh everyday empty handed. In 2018 alone, at least 1,500 women returned home from Saudi Arabia, according to Brac’s Migration Programme.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 07, 2019 15:56 UTC