Refrain from cheating
PM warns recruiting agencies
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina yesterday issued a strong warning to recruiting agencies, discouraging them from cheating migrant workers.
She gave the warning while addressing the inaugural function of the International Migrants Day at Osmani Auditorium in the morning.
The day is being observed this year with the slogan -- Abhibasir Adhikar Marjada and Naibichar (Dignity and Justice are the Rights of Migrants).
The PM said the government has introduced Machine Readable Passports (MRP) and set up the Expatriate Welfare Bank to ensure a safe migration experience for migrants.
“Despite these steps, migrants are being cheated by being given fake work permits. I want to make it clear that no irregularities in sending the migrants abroad, either at government or non-government level, will be tolerated anymore,” she said.
The PM urged the people intending to go abroad for jobs to take loans from the Expatriate Bank instead of selling property to manage the required money.
“When you come to the bank for loan, the authorities can check whether the visa or work permit given to you is fake or real,” she said.
Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni, Home Minister Sahara Khatun and Minister for Labour and Employment Khandaker Mosharaf Hossain also addressed the function.
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