64 female workers return home from KSA


FE Team | Published: August 27, 2019 17:14:40 | Updated: August 27, 2019 21:13:05


64 female workers return home from KSA

A total of sixty-four Bangladeshi female workers returned home from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Monday night following alleged abuse by their employers.

The female workers had taken shelter at immigration camp and Safe Home run by Bangladesh Embassy following torture by their employers, said Shairful Hasan, programme head of Brac Migration Programme.

A flight of Emirates Airways carrying the workers landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here around 11:20 pm.

Currently, over 0.30 million women are working in Saudi Arabia. Among them, many are returning home after falling victims to torture or betrayal, reports UNB.

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