The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry on Monday recommended taking effective measures to ensure that the expatriate workers can get their job and salary allowances regularly from the next month after going abroad.
The recommendation came up at the 23rd meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee, held at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban with its chairman Anisul Islam Mahmud in the chair.
The meeting also recommended taking steps to integrate the immigration system with smart cards provided to the expatriate workers to keep the information of workers up to date.
It also suggested taking steps to fill up the vacant posts of technical training centre (TTC) soon after coordination with the Planning Ministry to build skilled expatriate workers and to ensure use of government funds.
The committee also recommended taking necessary steps to ensure the banking service at the doorsteps of the expatriate workers to increase remittance through legal channels.
It also held an elaborate discussion on the current situation of the labour market, sending more workers abroad, steps of the Ministry and the Bangladesh Bank in increasing remittance legally and the issue of illegal migration of workers to the European and American countries.
Overseas Employment and Migrants (amendment) Bill 2023 passed in JS
Committee member Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad, Moazzem Hossain Ratan, Ayesha Ferdous, the Senior secretary of Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry, a deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank, heads of different organisations and the ministries were present there.