Malaysia begins its Migration Repatriation Programme (MRP) today, enabling undocumented migrant workers to be sent back to their home countries without facing prosecution.

Finance Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali today told the parliament from July to July to January of the current financial year (2023-24), the country received some $12.9 billion ($12, 900.63 million) in remittances

For the last four months, Rafiqul Islam [a pseudonym to protect him from further consequences] has been stuck in an abandoned three-story building in Kuala Lumpur along with 149 others -- all without any work.

The government yesterday brought back 144 irregular Bangladeshi migrants from north African country Libya.

With this, the total number of returnees rose to 1,390, the foreign ministry said

An undocumented Bangladeshi migrant worker choosing to enter Europe from Libya, will almost certainly be held captive by armed militias, tortured, and their families extorted for lakhs of taka.

People made Tk 4,100 crore MFS transactions in 2023's December

Habib Khalasi, a migrant worker from Faridpur’s Bhanga upazila, went to Saudi Arabia in 2019 to turn the wheel of fortune for his poor family. But he returned home in a coffin last year.

Says Bangladesh Embassy in Libya

733 stranded Bangladeshi workers, who were tricked into coming to Malaysia for non-existent jobs, yesterday successfully claimed more than Tk 2.38 crore (RM 1 million) in unpaid wages from their supposed employers.

They will receive over Tk 2.3cr in unpaid wages

Undocumented foreigners will be sent back to their home countries without facing further prosecution under the Migration Repatriation programme that commences March 1, said Malaysian Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

Migrant workers sent home $2.1 billion in January

A batch of 139 Bangladeshi irregular migrants today returned home from Libya with the support of the Bangladesh government and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM)

Alongside the 50 percent less-skilled workers, last year 24.77 percent of workers migrated in "skilled," 21.01 percent in "semi-skilled," and 4.14 percent in "professional" categories

Seven undocumented Bangladeshi workers were detained in Malaysia today for various immigration offenses, reports The New Straits Times

A total of 85 undocumented Bangladeshi workers were detained during separate drives in Malaysia yesterday for various immigration related offenses, according to Malaysian media

Bangladesh and Libya today discussed key areas of addressing safe and regular migration and preventing human trafficking

Immediate past state minister for planning Shamsul Alam says

Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves fell to $20.38 billion yesterday after the central bank settled import bills of two months through the Asian Clearing Union (ACU), a top official said today.