Upazila Migration Committee to be formed to monitor migration issues
Staff Reporter :
The Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment on Tuesday said that it decided to form ‘Upazila Migration Coordination Committee’ for monitoring the migration process in local level.
Sources said the committee has to maintain close relations between migration-seekers and recruiting agencies.
State Minister for Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment, Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury said during disclosing the matter at a review meeting.
In the meeting it was disclosed that the committee will be formed consisting of Union Parishad chairman, Upazia Nirbahi Office and Upazila Parishad chairman to maintain communication between migration- seekers and recruiting agencies.
“The meeting reviewed the implementation progress of the decisions taken by the ministry earlier on manpower export and boosting the inflow of remittances,” Shafiqur Rahman said.
The migration coordination committee will work to increase awareness about safe immigration, take steps for capacity development.
It will also solve the problems of the migrant workers who have a chance to get cheated by agencies, reorganize the repatriate migrant workers, identify the gap between migration service recipients and providers and ensure the availability of necessary information for service providers and beneficiaries.
Expatriates welfare and overseas employment ministry Secretary Md Ruhul Amin, Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET) Director General Saleh Ahmad Mozaffar, Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Limited (BOESL) Managing Director Dr Mallik Anwar Hossain, Wage Earners’ Welfare Board Director General Md Hamidur Rahman and Probashi Kallayan Bank Managing Director Md Majibur Rahman were present, among others, at the event.
