Libya returnees to get Tk 50,000 as compensation

The Bangladeshi workers, who were forced to flee Libya due to conflict there, would get Tk 50,000 as compensation from next month.

In this connection, an agreement was signed between International Organisation for Migration and labour and expatriate welfare and employment ministry at the ministry Tuesday noon.

Shamsun Nahar, joint secretary (admin) of the ministry, and Rabab Fatema, regional representative of IOM, signed the agreement.

The expatriate welfare minister, Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, was present on the occasion.

Following the agreement, Rabab Fatema told journalists that information had already been collected about the Bangladeshi workers who returned from Libya.

She said IOM got the responsibility of distributing the money among the workers under a loan assistance programme of the World Bank.

So far, 36,541 workers returned home. Of them, 30,941 returned home under the supervision of IOM.

IOM will open call centre from July 3. The call centre will take telephone number of the workers and verify their information and later a final data base would be sent to Sonali Bank.

Publicity for giving information to the call centre and opening of bank account would start today.

Source: New Age