New immigrants' dilemma
Some Bangladeshi people, especially those living in the UK and USA have a tendency to discourage people to go over there for immigration. Most of those people have gone to the respective countries in the mid eighties or early nineties. They remain busy all day with Bangladeshi satellite news channels and discuss the political and socio-economic condition of the country. They also keep themselves occupied with all sorts of Bangladeshi cultural programmes and their respective Samities such as Beanibazar Samity, Kurigram Samity, North Bengal Samity, etc. They are living in those countries, raising their children, getting all the facilities provided by the respective governments but yet, they don't consider that country to be their own. They come to Bangladesh and speak evil things about those countries and how difficult it is to survive there.
Having stayed there for decades, they plan to come back to Bangladesh and start a new life. As an ex office manager in a diplomatic mission for years, I know how difficult it has become for people to resettle in Bangladesh. I, with all my respect to their patriotism, would like to say, please do not discourage people who wish to settle there as they too have the wish for better life, at least for their offspring. If you can't help them, please don't discourage them. Being a new immigrant, I have had quite a similar experience.
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