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Manpower export drops by over 2 lakh, remittance by 3pc

RMMRU cites government failure to stimulate foreign markets into accepting Bangladeshi migrants

Staff Correspondent
Bangladesh's manpower export, compared to last year's, has decreased by over two lakh and remittance by nearly three percent, said Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) yesterday.
The export and remittance of last year were over 6.8 lakh and $14.17 billion but this year's figures stand at 4.5 lakh and $13.79 billion respectively, said RMMRU founding chairperson Tasneem Siddiqui.
The gradual decline has been accompanied by the return of a large number of migrants, she added.
The drop was a result of the government failure to stimulate labour markets in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait through diplomatic channels into accepting Bangladeshi migrants, she said.
"If we cannot come out of this continuous downtrend, our foreign reserves will fall significantly," she said.
The foreign reserves are also being threatened by the present political instability for which Bangladeshis searching for work are failing to go abroad, she added, urging the ruling and opposition parties to refrain from further confrontation.
The Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training sources said manpower export stood at 35,203 in September and 33,630 in October but in November, when the political violence started, the figure reached 29,628.
Tasneem was addressing a press conference RMMRU, a manpower research organisation affiliated with Dhaka University, organised in the capital's Jatiya Press Club to reveal the data.
She said the diplomatic failure resulted in the government failing to reach its targeted manpower export to Malaysia despite launching a government to government
FROM PAGE 5 recruitment process, which gained popularity for its low migration costs.
On the brighter side, around 57,557 females went abroad for work, an increase of over 54 percent than of last year's, she said.
Tasneem opined that the government should allow the private sector to export manpower to all countries but under stringent conditions, otherwise the sector might fall in a severe crisis in the comingdays.
She also stated that the recruitment was highest in Oman while it was in the UAE last year.
Addressing as chief guest, Manusher Jonno Foundation Executive Director Shaheen Anam also urged the government to take effective measures to
remove the existing barriers to the sector.
“The migrants are considered as only remittance machines which is degrading and an injustice to them. The government as well as the other authorities concerned must be respectful towards migrants' rights," she said.
She also stressed improving migrants' skills as the remittance basically depended on it.
Presiding over the programme, noted jurist Dr Shahdin Malik said the government must pay attention to the decline.
He welcomed the government's move for enacting the migrant's welfare law but expressed doubts over whether it will be duly applied.