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Deported Workers Kuwait to pay arrears thru' embassy

Staff Correspondent
Kuwait will pay the deported Bangladeshi workers their arrears and other benefits through the Bangladesh Embassy in Kuwait, said a foreign ministry press release yesterday.
Following discussions with the Bangladesh Embassy, Kuwait's social affairs and labour ministry and finance ministry decided to collect the addresses of the deported Bangladeshi workers from the companies concerned and hand over their due salaries and other benefits to the Bangladesh Embassy.
Meanwhile, with the latest arrival of 90 workers yesterday, the total number of deported Bangladeshi workers stands at 687 in die last six days.
The Bangladesh Embassy is in touch with Kuwait's labour department all the time, said the press
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release of the external publicity wing of the foreign ministry.
The ministry requested the deported workers to submit photocopies of their passports and civil identity cards they used in Kuwait, and other documents mentioning their names, workplace in Kuwait, date of joining work and deportation, and the amount of outstanding salaries to the Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET) at Kakrail in the capital.
BMET will prepare a list of deported workers and send it to the Kuwaiti authorities, which will realise the arrears from the companies concerned, said acting Foreign Secretary MAK Mahmud.
Meanwhile, labour rights and citizens' organisations continued condemning the deportation of Bangladeshi workers from Kuwait.
The Nagorik Sanghati and Bangladesh Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Foundation (OSHE) at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters' Unity said as per the International Labour Organisation (DLO) convention, a country can take legal actions against workers if they cause deterioration in law and order but it cannot resort to torture.
In a written statement, Nagorik Sanghati President Dr ASM Atiqur Rahman said Bangladeshi workers are being repressed in the Middle East
Columnist Syed Abul Maksud said the demonstrations by the Bangladeshi workers in Kuwait were just and if they did anything wrong it could be settled in court.
Dhaka University Prof Rubayet Ferdous said it is important to find out what role the Bangladesh Embassy in Kuwait played in protect -ing the rights of Bangladeshi workers.
Prof Hafizur Rahman Curzon said Bangladesh should take measures to make sure that its workers in the Middle East can enjoy rights as per the UN convention.
The speakers also demanded that the government hold talks with the Middle East countries to solve the problems of Bangladeshi workers, and punish the corrupt recruitment agents and officials.
Nagorik Sanghati General Secretary Sharifuzzaman Sharif, trade union leader Dr Wazedul Islam Khan, OSHE Executive Director Ripon Chowdhury, AR Aman of ActionAid and deported worker Didar Hossain Majumdcr also spoke.