Nearly 5.5 lakh Bangladeshi migrant workers were deported by different countries in the last 10 years, Shariful Hasan, head of Brac Migration Programme, says at a workshop.

The government has brought back 152 Bangladeshis and the bodies of three workers from war-torn Libya.

Saudi Arabian authorities send back 93 more migrant workers to Bangladesh -- as part of a crackdown on undocumented workers in the kingdom.

Saudi Arabia has sent back another batch of Bangladeshis amid a crackdown on illegal workers although a number of the returnees say they have legal documents.

The United Arab Emirates yesterday lifted a six-year ban on the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers.

Malaysian immigration department arrested 28 Bangladeshi citizens on Thursday for allegedly operating an unauthorised homestay service in Kuala Lumpur.