Dhaka, April 18 -- Foreign Advisor Touhid Hossain has said most of the problems faced by Bangladeshi migrants abroad are "created" from within the country before they even leave.

Speaking at an event marking Foreign Service Day on Friday, he said: "We create 80 percent of the problems for our workers in Dhaka before sending them abroad.

"The remaining 20 percent occur after their arrival. But the burden of solving 100 percent of these problems falls on our missions."

Touhid added, "If I have only 50 people in Saudi Arabia, how can I solve a million problems?

"So, the solution has to start from Dhaka by reducing the number of issues in the first place."

The event was held at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka, where the advisor disc...