Shahriar: Bangladeshis on Middle East countries won't lose jobs

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Kuwait wants to send back Bangladeshis who are already in the deportation center or convicted in the first phase

Bangladesh nationals, employed in Middle East countries and today on vacation at home, won't lose their careers for joining their particular job stations late beneath the current circumstances, says the government.

The governments in the centre East countries will either extend their keep or visa validity, said State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam, reports UNB.

"They [Bangladesh nationals] will never be terminated [for the later joining]," he said giving an answer to queries from the Bangladesh nationals who work in the centre East countries.

The state minister said missions of the center East countries in Dhaka and Bangladesh missions in those countries contain confirmed the job-related issues through foreign ministries of the countries.

Some Bangladesh nationals from the center East countries came residence on vacation but could not return to their respective workplaces following suspension of flight procedure or lockdown though their vacation period officially got over.

Kuwait to mail back 'illegal' Bangladeshis 

Kuwait wants to send back again Bangladesh nationals who already are in deportation centre or perhaps convicted in the primary phase, an official in the Bangladesh Embassy there said on Friday night time.

Asked whether the initial batch returns residence on Saturday, the official, however, said he's unaware of it.

On Thursday, Kuwait's Ministry of Interior announced initiatives to get started extradition procedure for "illegal occupants," comprising Bangladesh and Indian nationals.

The "deportation" process of Bangladeshi expatriates is scheduled to get started on on Saturday, according to Kuwait nationwide media.

The methods are taken without imposing any fines on them plus they can return to Kuwait later on following due process.

On April 5, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said four to five countries, like the Maldives, have reached out Bangladesh to recreate its undocumented nationals from their particular countries.

He said the federal government will need steps case by circumstance taking into consideration the ground reality.

Momen said although number of countries which developed the request is handful of, it is a pressure on the government at this critical moment because of coronavirus. 

"We are under great pressure to some extent. All of the countries are under great pressure," he told reporters.

The foreign minister hoped that Bangladesh will never be in big trouble taking into consideration the relations that Bangladesh maintains with those countries and the steps being taken up to further fortify the relations with them.

He said the foreign minister of the Maldives had a phone conversation with him conveying the problem about the undocumented Bangladesh nationals.

The Maldives foreign minister highlighted the downfall of tourism business and closure of eating places there and assured the Bangladesh foreign minister of taking good care of documented nationals.
Source: https://www.dhakatribune.com

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