The State Minister of Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury said that the current government is working to build a better, prosperous and sustainable future for expatriate workers.
The government has always recognised the huge contribution of migrant workers, said the minister at the programme titled "The Project Launching and Stakeholder Networking Event for the Reintegration of Migrant Workers Project" at a hotel in the capital on Sunday (19 May).
"Prime Minister always says that we have taken a lot from them (migrant workers), now we have to give them something back," said the minister.
The state minister said that the government is committed to providing job-oriented training, financial assistance and counseling to the returning migrant workers.
He also said that the government is formulating and implementing various projects so that migrant workers can live in society properly, find jobs, and start businesses.
The Chairperson of Parliamentary Caucus of Migration and Development Tanveer Shakeel Joy, Secretary of Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry Ruhul Amin, Head of Cooperation of Switzerland in Bangladesh Corinne Henchoz Pignani, Country Director of ILO Tuomo Poutiainen, representatives of various international organizations, NGOs were also present at the programme.
