He was only freed after they paid $14,000 to get him back - money they had to borrow from loan sharks. Charities in Bangladesh say thousands of returning migrants face such struggles and little official help is available. Last month, 64 Bangladeshi migrants hoping to get to Europe had to be rescued from a boat off Tunisia. A 2017 study by the Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit, a migrants rights group, found 51% of returning migrants had experienced fraud or degrading treatment while abroad. "Migrant workers return home with dreams that are broken," he said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune July 02, 2019 00:00 UTC