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be passed in the ongoing session of the House to safeguard the rights of Bangladeshis at home and abroad,” Suranjit told a seminar on 'Nonresident Bangladeshi workers' ■rletrtK-TOW W protect them-at home and aboard,' at the Sheraton Hotel in the capital.
Scholars Bangladesh and Human Capital Development Ltd jointly organised it as part of a three-day programme titled 'First NRB manpower development and opportunities conference2009.'
Suranjit said there would be provision in the law to protect the human rights of millions of Bangladeshis working abroad.
"Expatriate Bangladeshi workers will be able to seek justice before the commission in case of violation of their rights aboard," the lawmaker said.
“They will need to apply to the commission through the ambassadors of Bangladesh missions aboard. Embassies will forward the applications to the Human Rights Commission for probe into the allegations," Suranjit said.
“We want to make the Human Rights Commission an effective organisation that will be extended to district level," he said.
Discussants said expatriate Bangladeshi workers, whose contributions are worth about 10 percent of the country's GDR face various problems including high recruitment charges and non-payment of promised wages.
Besides, many of them are not aware of their rights granted under the laws of the host countries, they said.
Suranjit said the rights of our expatriate workers must be protected as they play a key role in maintaining economic stability.
The recruiting agencies must be brought under a legal network to prevent harass-mentofworkers.
The lawmaker urged the non-resident Bangladeshis to invest in the public-private partnership projects to contribute to the country's economic development.
Dr Abdul Momen of Centre for Governance and Strategic Management said expatriate workers sent home nearly $57 billion since 1976.
He said the Middle East accounts for about 80 percent of total expatriate Bangladeshi workers with Saudi Arabia topping the list of host countries with over 2.2 million workers.
"But there are only two labour offices in Saudi Arabia to deal with the problems of Bangladeshi workers. The number of such offices must be increased with adequate manpower,” he said.
Momen suggested that awareness among longer serving and newly recruited workers should be created about the laws of the host countries to help them establish their righ ts there.