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New financing initiative opens business opportunities for Bangladesh's return migrant workers
SME Foundation and Karmasangsthan Bank sign an agreement to support return migrant workers in establishing or expanding businesses and rebuilding their livelihoods at home

Migrant worker

New financing initiative opens business opportunities for Bangladesh's return migrant workers

A new BDT 50 million financing initiative from SME Foundation and Karmasangsthan Bank, backed by ILO Bangladesh and the Embassy of Switzerland, will help return migrant workers turn overseas skills and savings into sustainable businesses - offering...

Migrant worker recruitment malpractices persist in Bangladesh as Government strives for fairness, accountability
Men queuing with luggage trolleys and passports in hand at an airport

Fair recruitment

Migrant worker recruitment malpractices persist in Bangladesh as Government strives for fairness, accountability

Aligning Bangladesh's labour migration governance with relevant ILO conventions and the General Principles and Operational Guidelines for Fair Recruitment and Definition of Recruitment Fees and Costs (2019) would go a long way in countering...

Government of Bangladesh and ILO discuss with the private sector on reintegration of return migrant workers
Participants at the workshop

Migrant workers

Government of Bangladesh and ILO discuss with the private sector on reintegration of return migrant workers

ILO Bangladesh in collaboration with the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment (MoEWOE), organized a workshop on the sustainable economic reintegration of return migrant workers in the Chattogram region on 12 June 2024.

Gulf social security reforms create opportunities for protection for Bangladeshi migrant workers
A disappointed Bangladeshi migrant worker slouches after failing to get an air tickets to return to Saudi Arabia to resume work

Social protection

Gulf social security reforms create opportunities for protection for Bangladeshi migrant workers

Promoting cross-boundary collaboration to make social protection a reality for all migrant workers

ILO, Bangladesh and Switzerland launch project for sustainable reintegration of migrant workers
Bangladesh's State Minster for Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment, Shofiqur Rahman Choudhury at the launch of a new project

Migrant workers

ILO, Bangladesh and Switzerland launch project for sustainable reintegration of migrant workers

The Governments of Bangladesh and Switzerland, together with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) extend their long-standing partnership with a new project on sustainable reintegration for returnee migrant workers.

Bangladesh Government and ILO partner to support returning migrant workers’ re-integration into the labour force
ILO, the government of Bangladesh and the Swiss government sign a migrant re-integration project

Migrant workers

Bangladesh Government and ILO partner to support returning migrant workers’ re-integration into the labour force

The Government of Bangladesh, through the Economic Relations Division (ERD) in the Ministry of Finance today signed an agreement with ILO for a project that will enhance policies, capacities, and systems for inclusive and sustainable reintegration...