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Bangladesh Armed Forces airlifts Bangladeshi migrant workers who wished to return home

68 Bangladeshi nationals have returned home on the special flight of Bangladesh Armed Forces, that brought Maldivians stranded in Bangladesh and Nepal

 

Sixty eight Bangladeshi nationals have today returned home on the special flight of Bangladesh Armed Forces, that brought Maldivians stranded in Bangladesh and Nepal to Maldives yesterday.

Voluntary repatriation is part of the Government’s ambitious programme on regularization of undocumented migrant workers in Maldives, majority of whom are from Bangladesh.

The Government of Maldives extends heartfelt thanks to the Bangladesh Armed Forces, the Government of Bangladesh and in particular, the High Commission of Bangladesh in Maldives for facilitating the repatriation of their nationals.

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