Dhaka, Dec. 6 -- The number of Bangladeshis being repatriated from Libya has risen sharply in recent months, despite a range of initiatives and awareness campaigns aimed at reducing such cases.
At least 310 Bangladeshi nationals who were stranded in Libya returned home in a chartered flight at 10am on Friday.
The Bangladesh Embassy in Libya, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment, the Libyan government and the International Organisation for Migration coordinated the repatriation efforts.
According to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, most of the returnees had attempted to enter Libya irregularly, lured by human traffickers with the prom of reaching Europe by sea.
Many of them reported be...