At least 150 Bangladeshi housemaids have escaped from their employers in Saudi Arabia in last seven months, Saudi Gazette reports quoting Makkah daily.

Quoting a source, who was not identified, the report says all of the escapees were nabbed and deported. The source also said the embassy had registered three main reasons for the incidents – maltreatment by employers, exhausting house chores and homesickness.

Earlier on February 10, Saudi Arabian National Recruitment Committee and Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that says the KSA will recruit manpower from Bangladesh in 12 categories including housemaids.