Dhaka, June 22 -- Migrant workers have started to march towards the chief advisor's official residence, the State Guest House Jamuna, to press for a four-point list of demands including release of the workers imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates over cases related to the July Uprising.

Traffic moving from the Sakura intersection towards Minto Road has been brought to a halt due to the programme conducted under the banner of the "Victims of July 24 Movement, Jail-Returned, Migrant Remittance Earners."

Their demands include that all returned remittance earners who were part of the movement be acknowledged as "July expatriate warriors;" rehabilitation with reasonable compensation for all affected migrant workers and including "remittance...