About 36,000 to 40,000 Bangladeshi migrant workers were evacuated from Benghazi, Tripoli and other cities in the wake of civil war between the pro- and anti-Gaddafi forces in Libya.
The government of Bangladesh with the help of IOM evacuated the migrant workers mostly from the Egyptian and Tunisian borders.
Many of those workers were employed in foreign companies including that of China and South Korea.
"Our first task will be to send back them (repatriated workers), through our mission in Tripoli to the companies where they were earlier employed. They had returned home pauper without their salaries,"
Overseas Employment and Welfare Minister Engr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain told the news agency Friday.
He said those workers left their outstanding salaries and other dues with their employers-companies.
The minister said some 80 to 90 Bangladeshi doctors and engineers, who were employed in Libya, will soon join their workplaces in Libya.
He, however, said it may take a little time for the Libyans to install a full-fledged government in Tripoli. "But, we are ready to send the workers."
In the changed political situation, Engr Mosharraf said the new Libyan government is likely to formulate a broad-based development plan and Bangladesh will be able to participate in it intensely in a democratic setup.
Source: thefinancialexpress-bd.com
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