8.10 lakh Bangladeshis to be employed overseas: Kamal

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday said that there is a plan to ensure overseas employment of 8.10 lakh Bangladeshi workers and provide skill development training to 5.20 lakh workers in different trades.

"The government has taken up a range of initiatives for the welfare of both expatriate workers and workers returning from abroad. The discipline in the immigration system has been ensured by supervising the activities of the recruiting agencies on regular basis," he said. 

The minister said this while placing the proposed national budget for FY23 at Jatiya Sangsad.

Kamal said overseas employment sector has been completely digitalised through different programmes like- creating professional database for employee recruitment; scrutinising visa forms through mobile apps; separate portal for receiving grievance petitions migration and disposal on immigration and disposal; automation of the activities of the 'Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training' (BMET). 

A number of activities are going on for the purpose of re-integration of migrant workers and providing soft investment loans for their self- employment; providing educational scholarships to the meritorious children of the expatriates and providing medical assistance to the disabled expatriate workers on their return, he added. 

He said a plan of action for establishing technical training institutes at every Upazila by phase has been taken up for inspiring the marginalised communities across the country.

The implementation of the project for establishing 100 technical institutes at upazila level will start soon, he added.

Source: BSS