Agencies will face actions for fraudulence: PM

The government will take appropriate measures against the recruiting agencies who are involved in the misdeeds.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the Bangladeshi overseas jobseekers to receive proper training before going abroad as it is very much essential.

She said this while inaugurating the World Migrants Day at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) on Thursday.

Sheikh Hasina urged foreign countries where Bangladeshi expatriate workers are being taken, to take appropriate measures so that they are not exposed to fraudulence.

The premier simultaneously asked foreign-bound workers to become aware against fraudulence as many of them were going abroad by selling their lands and properties for an overseas job.

“It’s very unfortunate that the people who want to go to abroad with a job are less interested to receive training. They fall in danger after going abroad due to lack of skill,” she said.

The prime minister said her government has been providing training to the people intending to go abroad with jobs.

She said many people fell prey to the danger for not getting appropriate training. “It’s very regretful and it needs to be addressed.”

The Prime Minister asked the overseas jobseekers to verify job, salary and security measures properly before going to any country as there is registration system here in Bangladesh now.

In this regard, she also urged all of the country’s rural areas to be careful so that none can fall victim of such fraud.

Minister of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Imran Ahmad, MP, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud, Chief of Mission, International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Bangladesh Giorgi Gigauri, Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) President Benjir Ahmed, MP, and Secretary of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry Md Salim Reza spoke on the occasion.

A video documentary was screened on the occasion.

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