Staff Reporter :
A total of 11,450 Bangladeshis, including migrant workers, are in jail abroad, Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud said in Parliament on Monday.
The foreign minister said this while replying to a query from the ruling Awami League MP from reserved seats for women, Farida Yasmin.
In a scripted answer, the foreign minister said that according to information from different missions, the above-mentioned Bangladeshis are in jail in 31 countries.
He said a maximum 5,746 Bangladeshis are remaining in jails in Saudi Arabia, while the lowest number—two—are in jails in Portugal, Japan, and Belgium each.
Besides, 1,579 Bangladeshis are in jail in India, 508 in Turkey, 420 in Oman, 415 in Qatar, 414 in Greece, 404 in the UAE, 385 in South Africa, 358 in Myanmar, 219 in Malaysia, 217 in Iraq, 191 in China, 122 in Hong Kong, 100 in Jordan, 81 in Italy, 70 in the Maldives, 66 in Singapore, 49 in Indonesia, 28 in Lebanon, 19 in Spain, 16 in Brunei, nine in Libya, six each in Egypt and Korea, five in Algeria, four in Thailand, and four in Mozambique.
In reply to another query, the foreign minister the foreign minister said at present, no Bangladeshi has been arrested or imprisoned due to entering India mistakenly.
He gave this information in response to the question of AL MP HM Badiuzzaman.