Dhaka, Oct. 2 -- In 2019, Bangladesh sent over 700,000 workers abroad under government-to-government and private sector schemes, according to the data from the state-run Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training. At the same time, more than 100,000 Bangladeshi workers were deported back home last year due to a host of reasons, such as overstay and scarcity of jobs.

Of the total, some 62,000 workers were deported from different countries in the Middle East, home to the bulk of Bangladeshi migrant workers abroad, whose inward remittances play a big part in propping up the country's economy. According to the information available with BRAC migration programme, out of the total 62,000 workers who were sent back from the Middle East, almost ...