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Take steps to reduce suffering of migrant workers

Says Justice Habibur Rahman

Staff Correspondent
Former chief adviser to the caretaker government Justice Muhammad Habibur Rahman yesterday called on the government and Non-Resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) to take steps to ensure that Bangladeshi migrant workers receive proper wages.
"We now talk about remittance and how it contributes to the national budget. But the suffering of the workers who arc sending in remittances has not diminished at all in the last 37 years," he said at a roundtable in the city.
"There is no-one to look after these workers as well as those who languish in foreign jails after
falling victim to frauds," Justice Habibur Rahman said, urging Bangladesh missions to stand by them.
He also called on the NRBs living in different countries to come forward to help the Bangladeshi migrant workers.
Saarc Citizens Council (SCC) organised the discussion titled 'Contribution of NRBs to National Development & Dual Citizenship' at the National Press Club, where a number of NRBs and some professionals demanded that NRBs be enrolled in the voter list so that they can contest the local body elections and cast votes.
Admitting the failure to include the NRBs in the voter list during his
tenure as the chief adviser, Justice Habibur Rahman said, ”1 hope the issue will be resolved before the next elections."
However, he criticised the NRBs for demanding 'special rights'. "I think that ensuring the rights of a citizen should be your first and foremost demand."
He also agreed with Prof Muzaffer Ahmad, chairman of Transparency International Bangladesh, who said that an NRB who has expressed allegiance to another country cannot enjoy the same rights a Bangladeshi citizen is entitled to.
Presenting a keynote paper, Nazrul Islam Minto, an NRB living in Canada, demanded equal rights
for those having dual citizenship. Some other NRBs also demanded 20 reserved seats in the Jatiya Sangsad lor them.
Brig Gen (retd) MA Malek, special assistant to the chief adviser, Awami League presidium member Amir Hossain Amu, Shaheda Obaid, former chairman of Dhaka Education Board, J a g I u I Ahmed Chowdhury, chief editor of BSS, Syed Samadul Haque of Channel S, K a m r u I Hasan Chowdhury of Smart Phone and Ataur Rahman of Digonto TV also took part in the discussion presided over by Saarc Citizens Council Chairman Mustafa Allahma.