Over 14,000 jobless workers await repatriation from Iraq
Aviation News Desk:
More than 14,000 Bangladeshi expatriate workers, who were laid off or lost their employments, are waiting for repatriation for last several months.
Workers said that some big companies arranged the repatriation of their laid-off workers, but the workers who were employed in small enterprises, had no such option go return home.
Bangladesh embassy officers in Iraq said that most of the 20,000 workers were of three giant companies, including Hanwha and Hyundai, and the rest were in small companies.
Workers complained that Hanwha and Hyundai initiated repatriation of their 14,000 workers a couple of months ago, but could not complete the task yet as the Bangladesh embassy did not give permission to the charter flights of the companies that time.
They also alleged that more than 6,000 workers, who had lost their jobs in other companies, could not return home for the non-cooperation of the embassy.
