Airport Welfare Desks Aim to Aid Bangladeshi Migrants
Dhaka – The UN Migration Agency (IOM) has re-established five migrant welfare desks at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjahal International Airport to serve as information and documentation points for outbound and returning Bangladeshi migrants. The desks will provide the migrants with better access to reliable information, documentation and pre-departure and post-arrival services.
Bangladeshi migrant workers play a key role in the nation’s economy, which has seen an average annual growth rate of 6 percent over the past decade. Migrant workers, who have sent home an estimated USD 138 billion in remittances since 2008, have played a major role in this success story.