Such a reality depicts a positive image of the migration sector despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. But remittance flow will definitely go down in the upcoming year, experts fear, as the impact of the coronavirus crisis will have a lasting effect on the country’s migrant workers. “Receiving more money does not mean that all is well with the migrant workers,” Prof Tasneem Siddiqui added. She said: “Many migrant workers who were deported had valid passports. In Singapore, more than half of those infected are migrant workers and of them, 45% are Bangladeshis.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 29, 2020 14:03 UTC