Many Bangladeshis find solace in the idea of going abroad for a bright future with solvency for their family. For the lucky ones the dream gets fulfilled while for others tragedy falls upon them and they get deported. Recent reports have been published in this daily which says that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has recently deported 200 Bangladeshi workers in just one day.
To make things worse, victims of this mass deportation have claimed that they were deported even though they had the legal permission to stay there for extended periods of time. This begs the question as to why these people were deported in the first place and why the KSA authorities didn’t feel inclined to check the papers of these expatriates.
Prior to this extreme case of deportation there have been a staggering number of people who have faced this same predicament. This year alone nearly sixteen thousand Bangladeshi workers have been deported. Moreover, after coming back a minimal number of victims have gotten help from international development organization, Brac. They have helped the deportees through providing them with food and means of getting back home. But this number is very few.
Victims of this mass deportation have
claimed that they were deported even
though they had the legal
permission to stay there
On another note, there have been reports published in media which say that nearly 257,317 workers had gone to KSA last year. Meanwhile, there are reports from the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training which say that about 234, 071 workers had gone to the country. This means there is a vast number of workers who are left unaccounted for or maybe we are missing the fact that these people could have been misled into believing that they are going to Saudi Arabia through legal means but in reality they were being led astray resulting into their deportation.
Whatever may be the case, it is imperative for the incumbent authorities to take necessary measures so that no such mass deportation occurs in future. Moreover, the recruiting agencies who are involved with these workers should be investigated as this type of deportation deals a massive blow to the inflow of foreign remittance.