International Migrants Day
International Migrants Day / Towards a better migration governance in Bangladesh
The Bangladesh government has taken some major policy and regulatory initiatives for better migration governance.
International Migrants Day / Challenges that our migrant workers face
Bangladeshi migrant workers require a range of services and support at both the origin and destination ends.
Int'l Migrants Day: with dreams departed, they come home dead
Unskilled or low-skilled workers are often involved in risky, difficult, and laborious jobs in the scorching heat. Apart from the unforgiving heat, work hours reaching 12 to 18 hours,
International Migrants Day / The sickening silence over Bangladeshi migrant worker deaths
There has been no national inquiry into why so many migrants die of brain stroke or heart attacks at such young age.
When hope turns into despair
When celebrations were underway at the city's Bangabandhu International Convention Centre (BICC) on International Migrants' Day yesterday, Rimon Hossain was waiting at the Dhaka airport for his father to pick him up.
Int'l Migrants Day Today: Losing all to 'free visas'
Luring jobseekers to work independently and earn more abroad, brokers charge them high recruitment fees to have “free visas”.
International Migrants Day / Are we doing anything to protect them?
Having faced abuses, at least 50 Bangladeshi women and 75 men returned home from Saudi Arabia on December 10—a historic day when the governments from across the globe signed a non-legally binding Global Compact on Migration in Marrakech, Morocco.
International Migrants Day / The voices of women migrants
UN Member States gathered in Morocco on December 10-11 to adopt the Global Compact for Migration (GCM). The GCM is the first intergovernmental agreement to cover all dimensions of international migration. It promises to improve the lives of the world's 258 million migrants, their families and communities.
Towards a better migration governance in Bangladesh
The Bangladesh government has taken some major policy and regulatory initiatives for better migration governance.
Challenges that our migrant workers face
Bangladeshi migrant workers require a range of services and support at both the origin and destination ends.
Int'l Migrants Day: with dreams departed, they come home dead
Unskilled or low-skilled workers are often involved in risky, difficult, and laborious jobs in the scorching heat. Apart from the unforgiving heat, work hours reaching 12 to 18 hours,
The sickening silence over Bangladeshi migrant worker deaths
There has been no national inquiry into why so many migrants die of brain stroke or heart attacks at such young age.
When hope turns into despair
When celebrations were underway at the city's Bangabandhu International Convention Centre (BICC) on International Migrants' Day yesterday, Rimon Hossain was waiting at the Dhaka airport for his father to pick him up.
The voices of women migrants
UN Member States gathered in Morocco on December 10-11 to adopt the Global Compact for Migration (GCM). The GCM is the first intergovernmental agreement to cover all dimensions of international migration. It promises to improve the lives of the world's 258 million migrants, their families and communities.
Are we doing anything to protect them?
Having faced abuses, at least 50 Bangladeshi women and 75 men returned home from Saudi Arabia on December 10—a historic day when the governments from across the globe signed a non-legally binding Global Compact on Migration in Marrakech, Morocco.
Int'l Migrants Day Today: Losing all to 'free visas'
Luring jobseekers to work independently and earn more abroad, brokers charge them high recruitment fees to have “free visas”.