The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) sent back 120 more Bangladeshis on Friday night, raising the number of deportees to 2615 in the last three weeks. The workers arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 11:20 pm by Saudi Airlines flight SV-804. According to information of Prabashi Kalyan Desk and officials of Brac’s Migration Programme that 21,000 Bangladeshis have returned home from Saudi Arabia in the last 10 months. The deported workers were also provided with food and drinking water from the Brac migration program and then sent home safely.

Narrating his experience Afzal 26, of Narayanganj,  said, “I  went to Saudi Arabia expending Tk 3 lakh just two and a half months ago. Unfortunately, I was caught by Saudi police who forcibly sent me back to the country despite having ‘Akama’.” Like Afzal, Kamrul of Brahmanbaria also went there at cost of Tk 4.6 lakh two and half months back but compelled to return home without any money.

Montu Mia, Saidul Islam of Brahmanbaria, Nime of Narasindi, Faruk Hossain of Habiganj and Saiful Islam of Dhaka were also sent back home in the same way.

Many of the deported workers complained that paid money to Kafil (employers) for making Akama, but Kafil did not make Akama.