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Cheated in Sudan

32 returnees allege they were paid much less than manpower agencies promised

Staff Correspondent
Cheated by manpower recruiters, some 32 Sudan-returnees yesterday demanded compensation from two recruiting firms and cancellation of their licences.
The victims made the demand when they formed a human chain in front of the expatriates welfare and overseas employment ministry in the capital.
They complained that recruiting agencies Al-Purbasha Enterprise and Colam Rabbi International tookTk 2.5 lakh from each of the jobseekers on average for placing them with a textile factory in Sudan
with a monthly salary of Tk 32,000 each.
But the workers received only Tk 7,000 to Tk 8,000 each per month, returnee Ershad told The Daily Star.
Supervised by some Sudanese, a total of 58 Bangladeshis had been working in the factory of a Turkish national. The Bangladeshis were forced to work at low pay, he added.
Al-Purbasha Enterprise had sent most of the workers to the African country in January and February.
As the Bangladeshis were not paid as had been pledged by their recruiters, the migrants asked the factory management to send them back home. In June, they stopped working temporarily in protest.
At this, the factory management threatened to hand over the workers to police if they didn't end the strike, said the returnees.
The Bangladeshis at one stage resumed work and again sought the intervention of the company owner to resolve the problem, but to no avail.
As the workers again went on a strike after the Eid-ul-Fitr, the factory authorities agreed to send them back.
The 37 workers returned home in two phases in June and September, while the rest are still working in Sudan.
The returnees on September 10 submitted a written complaint to the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training demanding compensation.
Contacted, Expatriates Welfare Secretary Khondaker Showkat Hossain said the ministry will take necessary action against the recruiting agencies concerned after probing the incident.
Despite repeated attempts, this correspondent could not reach the two recruiters over the phone for their comment.