SANGSAD BHABAN, Feb 5, 2020 (BSS) – Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad today said the government has taken massive awareness programme for creating awareness among the people to ensure legal and safe migration for overseas employment.
“Initiative has been taken for creating awareness among the people as the people can ensure their safe passage to and from abroad in proper way,” he said while responding to a starred question made by treasury bench lawmaker M Faridul Haq Khan of Jamalpur-2 in the House here.
Under the initiative, the government has released Taka 2,82,29,600 for
holding awareness seminars in the division and upazila levels in 2019-20
fiscal, he told the parliament.
In 2018-19, the government provided Taka 94.64 lakh for arrangement of
such seminars across the country, he added. In the last year, the seminars
were held in 63 districts and 480 upazilas.
To ensure legal and safe migration, the minister said the government is
carrying out awareness seminars and press briefings to ensure proper overseas
employment in legal way after infusing expertise development training,
verifying the work permit and safe migration through the registered
recruiting agencies.