Dhaka – Adnan Abdullah Alnuaim, Deputy Minister of Customer Relations, Ministry of Labour and Social Development of Saudi Arabia, says his government has built guesthouses in different parts of the country as a security measure for migrant workers.
“We’re working to solve the different problems of Bangladeshi workers. We’ve set up guesthouses in different colonies to ensure security for workers,” Alnuaim said Sunday, at a meeting with Expatriates’ Welfare & Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam BSc at the latter’s ministry in the capital.The deputy minister said “any worker can stay in the guesthouse for upto 15 days if they face any problem. We’ll resolve the problem after discussions with the employer by this time or the worker will be recruited in a new workplace under another employer.”
“Visa-trading” will have to stop for reducing immigration cost, said Alnuaim adding that “if any Saudi citizen is involved in visa trading, we’ll take stern steps against him or her. “
He said if any employee dies in Saudi Arabia, the government will ensure the body is sent to the home country as soon as possible, alongside the payment of any dues/compensation owed to the deceased.
At the meeting, Nurul Islam BSc requested the Saudi government to take skilled employees in different sectors from Bangladesh.
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Secretary Begum Shamsun Nahar, Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training Director General M Salim Reza and Wage Earners Welfare Board (WEWB) Director General Gazi Mohammad Julhas, among others, were present at the meeting. – UNB
