109 more workers deported from Saudi Arabia

Some 109 more Bangladeshi workers have been sent back to the country from Saudi Arabia, reports news agency UNB.

A flight of Saudi Airlines, SV-804, carrying 109 Bangladeshi workers landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka around 11:20pm Thursday.

With the fresh deport, a total of 1,610 Bangladeshi workers were sent back in past 16 days.

BRAV Migration Programme with the assistance of Expatriate Welfare Desk provided all the emergency aids to the workers.

Shariful Hasan, programme head of BRAC Migration Programme said in 2019 a total of 24,789 Bangladeshis were deported from Saudi Arabia and almost all of them returned empty-handed.