KSA deports 132 more Bangladeshis

The Kingdom os Saudi Arabia (KSA) has deported another 132 Bangladeshi workers, including five women, on Tuesday.   Two flights of Saudi Airlines - SV 804 and SV 802 - landed at Dhaka airport at 11:20pm and 1:30am respectively with the workers. In the first week of the new year, 767 workers, including 40 women, have been sent back home, said Shariful Hasan, head of Brac Migration Programme.  Nur Begum, 40, who is among the deportees, said she had gone to Saudi Arabia in April last year and alleged that her employer used to torture her. "I took shelter at the safe home of the Bangladesh Embassy in KSA,” she added. Khadiza Begum, hailing from Jashore, Shefali Begum from Narayanganj, Shilpi Khatun from Jhenaidah and Subarna Begum from Dhaka, who were sent back, said their situations were like that of Nur Begum.

 

 

KSA deports 132 more Bangladeshis

The Kingdom os Saudi Arabia (KSA) has deported another 132 Bangladeshi workers, including five women, on Tuesday. Two flights of Saudi Airlines - SV 804 and SV 802 - landed at Dhaka airport at 11:20pm and 1:30am respectively with the workers. In the first week of the new year, 767 workers, including 40 women, have been sent back home, said Shariful Hasan, head of Brac Migration Programme. Nur Begum, 40, who is among the deportees, said she had gone to Saudi Arabia in April last year and alleged that her employer used to torture her. I took shelter at the safe home of the Bangladesh Embassy in KSA, she added. Khadiza Begum, hailing from Jashore, Shefali Begum from Narayanganj, Shilpi Khatun from Jhenaidah and Subarna Begum from Dhaka, who were sent back, said their situations were like that of Nur Begum.