migrants

Reintegration of our returnee migrants crucial

Dr Matiur Rahman

Migrant reintegration has emerged as a crucial area of focus in recent years, particularly for countries like Bangladesh, which has ...

Govt working to send stranded migrants to Malaysia: Asif Nazrul

He assures of reopening job market, enhancing facilities, wages

Staff Correspondent

Govt working to send stranded migrants to Malaysia: Asif Nazrul

Expatriate Welfare and Law Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul on Saturday said that the government has been working to send the ...

US will not renew legal status for hundreds of thousands of migrants

WASHINGTON, Oct 5: The Biden administration will not renew a temporary humanitarian entry programme for hundreds of thousands of migrants ...

GDHS to provide healthcares to BD migrants thru telemedicine

Business Desk

In a move aimed at enhancing the welfare of migrant workers, Ami Probashi platform has signed an agreement with Grameen ...

Sweden offers immigrants $34,000 to leave country

Observer Online Desk

Sweden plans to boost payments to up to $34,000 to immigrants who leave the nation that has been a haven ...

Backlash against immigrants challenges Canada's welcoming image

Observer Online Desk

A growing perception in Canada that immigration is to blame for some of the country's economic woes is fuelling a ...

BD to urge UAE to free migrants detained for street protests

Diplomatic Correspondent

Chief Adviser Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus will engage in discussions with the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) top level to seek ...

Workers Who Failed To Go

Dhaka-KL meet likely this month to send back BD migrants

Staff Correspondent

Bangladesh-Malaysia minister-level 'Joint Working Group (JWG)' meeting is likely to be held in Kuala Lumpur in August to finalise sending ...

Record number of migrants cross Channel to UK in single day this year

LONDON, June 19: More than 880 irregular migrants crossed the Channel to Britain on small boats on Tuesday, the UK ...

500,000 immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under Biden's new plan

Observer Online Desk

President Joe Biden is taking an expansive election year step to offer relief to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants ...

UAE wants job confirmation before issuing visas to Bangladeshi migrants

Observer Online Desk

The United Arab Emirates will issue visa for Bangladeshi workers only after confirmation of their jobs in the Gulf nation, ...

Criminal gangs trafficking illegal BD immigrants into Italy

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has accused criminal gangs of exploiting Italys visa system to traffic illegal Bangladeshi immigrants into ...

Around 2,900 complaints lodged by deprived Malaysia-bound migrants

Staff Correspondent

State Minister for Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury on Sunday said that investigation of the probe committee ...

123 Bangladeshi illegal immigrants detained in Malaysia

Observer Online Desk

A total of 214 illegal immigrants, including 123 Bangladeshis, have been arrested by the Malaysia's Johor Immigration Department during raids ...

Finland proposes new border law to block migrants

Observer Online Desk

Finland's right-wing government proposed on Tuesday a new law that would allow frontier guards to turn away asylum seekers at ...

Finland to present plan to push back migrants on Russian border

HELSINKI, May 19: Finland will propose a law next week allowing border agents to block asylum seekers trying to enter ...

BD, UK sign SOPs on return of overstaying migrants

Diplomatic Correspondent

Bangladesh and the United Kingdom have signed the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on Returns.It has been signed at the first ...

BOESL sends 1,381 migrants to Malaysia in 20 months without migration cost

Staff Correspondent

In the last 20 months beginning from October 2022, the Bangladesh Overseas Employment Services Ltd (BOESL), a state-owned international recruiting ...

Drowned At Sea

8 hapless migrants bodies returned to families

Staff Correspondent

The bodies of eight Bangladeshi migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Europe from Libya have ...

Experts call for collaborative efforts to protect returnee migrants rights

Staff Correspondent

Experts in migration sector have called for urgent collaborative efforts to safeguard the rights and well-being of returnee migrants and ...

Ireland says UK's Rwanda policy drives migrants over its border

Observer Online Desk

The threat of deportation to Rwanda is causing migrants to head for Ireland instead of staying in Britain, Ireland's deputy ...

UN express dismay over situation of Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia

Observer Online Desk

A group of United Nations (UN) experts on Friday expressed dismay about the situation of Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia, who ...

Taliban govt urges Islamabad to show restraint over Afghan migrants

KABUL, Apr 4: Taliban authorities urged Pakistan on Thursday not to make a unilateral decision on repatriating Afghan migrants, saying ...

Trump calls migrants 'animals', intensifying focus on immigration

Observer Online Desk

Donald Trump called immigrants illegally in the United States "animals" and "not human" in a speech in Michigan on Tuesday, ...

Trump calls migrants ‘animals,’intensifying focus on illegal immigration

GREEN BAY, Apr 3: Donald Trump called immigrants illegally in the United States "animals" and "not human" in a speech ...

After Moscow attack, migrants from Central Asia hit by backlash

Observer Online Desk

An increase in beatings, vandalism and episodes of racism against Central Asian migrants has been reported in Russia since the ...

19 Bangladeshi undocumented migrants held in Malaysia

Observer Online Report

The Immigration Department of Malaysia has detained a total of 137 illegal immigrants of various nationalities, including 19 Bangladeshis, during ...

60 migrants die attempting to cross Mediterranean

Observer Online Desk

At least 60 people died on a migrant boat that lost power as it tried to reach Europe from Libya, ...

60 migrants feared drowned crossing Mediterranean from Libya

ROME, Mar 14: As many as 60 people are feared to have drowned on a vessel carrying migrants across the ...

Taptap Send now a trusted partner for BD migrants

Business Desk

As Ramadan set in with the spirit of giving and reflection, remittance service Taptap Send has become a trusted partner ...