Bangladesh is among the world's top recipients of remittances.

Even with low productivity, a Bangladeshi worker working an average of 14-15 hours a day produces $1,400 or more a month.

Most of the 2.1-billion-strong workforce in Asia and the Pacific are denied access to decent jobs, healthcare and social protection.

Qatar has made little progress improving migrant workers' rights, despite promises to do so, the rights group Amnesty International has said.