About 12,000 Bangladeshi migrant workers, who became undocumented in Oman for various reasons, were sent back home in 2016, according to Bangladesh embassy in Muscat.
These workers had to manage travel documents (out-passes) from the Bangladesh mission to return home at their own costs, officials of Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training have told New Age.
On February 5, the Bangladesh mission in Muscat sent a letter to the expatriates welfare and overseas employment ministry informing that at least 11,900 Bangladeshi workers detained in Oman needed out-passes for returning home.
The Bangladesh mission issued out-passes to repatriate at least 11,305 male and 595 female workers in 2016, the letter mentioned.
The embassy has informed that at least 633 more Bangladeshi migrants are still serving jail terms in Oman for various offences.
According to the BMET, Oman has been recruiting the largest number of Bangladeshi workers for the past few years.
Since 1976, over 12 lakh Bangladeshi workers went to the country for jobs, it says.
A BMET official said that the migrant workers become undocumented when they change their workplaces without taking their passports from their former employers.
The undocumented workers require travel passes from the Bangladesh embassy to return home, the official said.
Meanwhile, the economic slowdown in the oil rich Sultanate of Oman was forcing Bangladeshi workers to change their jobs or return home empty-handed.
Getting no wages, around 53,000 Bangladeshi workers left their workstations and employers in the recent times, Bangladesh embassy in Muscat informed the EWOE ministry in December last year.
These workers had to manage travel documents (out-passes) from the Bangladesh mission to return home at their own costs, officials of Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training have told New Age.
On February 5, the Bangladesh mission in Muscat sent a letter to the expatriates welfare and overseas employment ministry informing that at least 11,900 Bangladeshi workers detained in Oman needed out-passes for returning home.
The Bangladesh mission issued out-passes to repatriate at least 11,305 male and 595 female workers in 2016, the letter mentioned.
The embassy has informed that at least 633 more Bangladeshi migrants are still serving jail terms in Oman for various offences.
According to the BMET, Oman has been recruiting the largest number of Bangladeshi workers for the past few years.
Since 1976, over 12 lakh Bangladeshi workers went to the country for jobs, it says.
A BMET official said that the migrant workers become undocumented when they change their workplaces without taking their passports from their former employers.
The undocumented workers require travel passes from the Bangladesh embassy to return home, the official said.
Meanwhile, the economic slowdown in the oil rich Sultanate of Oman was forcing Bangladeshi workers to change their jobs or return home empty-handed.
Getting no wages, around 53,000 Bangladeshi workers left their workstations and employers in the recent times, Bangladesh embassy in Muscat informed the EWOE ministry in December last year.
Source: New Age
