After her husband left her, she decided to go to Saudi Arabia two years ago to support her two children. Sufia Begum from Faridpur, who returned from Saudi Arabia, said some workers resort to self-harm or even suicide to escape abuse. She later fled and took shelter at the Bangladeshi embassy in Riyadh before returning home two months later. 800 women returned home in coffinsAccording to the Wage Earners’ Welfare Board under the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare, the bodies of 799 female migrant workers were brought back to Bangladesh in coffins over the past eight years. He suggested that instead of sending women abroad primarily as domestic workers, they should receive training for safer and better-protected jobs.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 08, 2026 12:25 UTC