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Ratify UN convention on migrant workers’ rights

Seminar speakers urge govt

Staff Correspondent
Speakers at a seminar yesterday called on the government to ratify tire UN Convention on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Family without delay to safeguard the rights of about 65 lakh Bangladeshi workers.
They also stressed the need to prepare an action plan in line with the Overseas Employment Policy that was adopted in 2006.
At the same time, the Bangladesh Immigration Ordinance of 1983 should also be updated in line with the UN convention on the rights of migrants, they added.
Manusher Jonno Foundation organised the seminar titled Problems of the migrant workersand our duties' ^t, ^ho .Osn^spi ^Memorial Auditonum in the city to mark the historic May Day.
"Eleven percent of the total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) comes from the remittance of the migrant workers. So. it is important to protect their rights." said Secretary of the expatriate welfare ministry Bias Ahmed.
"In 1929, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) identified the migrant workers as the most vulnerable group in the world. Seventy years have elapsed since then, but they still belong to that group." Prof Dr Tasneem Siddiqui said, adding that many migrant workers still fall victim to unscrupulous brokers, lose their jobs and
return home empty-handed.
However, it is good that during this global recession, the market of women workers abroad has not affected at all. he said and stressed the need to remove the obstacles to migration of women workers and set up quality training centres in both public and private sectors to increase their skills.
Apart from raising awareness in society, it is important to provide aspirant women migrant workers with extensive training and allocate adequate budget in this regard, the speakers said.
They also recommended forming an inter-ministerial and inter-agency task force
immediately to minimise the impacts of global recession.
Speaking as the chief guest, Labour, Manpower and Expatriate Welfare Minister Musharraf Hossain said that he would approach other migrant-sending countries such as India, Nepal and the Philippines to take steps together to protect the rights of migrant workers.
Presided over by Executive Director of Manusher Jonno Foundation Shaheen Anam, the seminar was also addressed by Director General of Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training Masud Ahmed, Shipa Hafiza of Brae and Saiful Islam ofWarbe.