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Over 5000 Bangladeshis detained abroad: FM
Thu, Jun 2nd, 2011 10:22 pm BdST
Dhaka, June 2 (bdnews24.com) There are 5,035 Bangladeshi nationals detained in prisons of different countries, foreign minister Dipu Moni has said.
She said this in parliament during the question-answer session on Thursday, replying to a query from Jafrul Islam Chowdhury MP from Chittagong-15.
Dipu Moni said as per the information given by different Bangladeshi embassies, 1,046 are detained in Saudi Arabia, 330 in India, 1,900 in Malaysia, 74 in Myanmar, 42 in Iraq, four in Thailand, eight in China, 32 in the Maldives, 188 in the UK, five in Pakistan, 97 in Qatar, 180 in Singapore, 245 in Kuwait, 308 in the United Arab Emirates, 11 in Turkey, seven in Azerbaijan, 10 in Bulgaria, 12 in Korea, 188 in Oman, one in Brunei, 260 in South Africa, eight in Zimbabwe, nine in Tanzania, one in Kenya, eight in Algeria, 19 in Jordan, 14 in Moriches, 12 in Bahrain and 24 more in Cyprus.
The minister said that those people were detained mainly on charges for violating the immigration laws of the respective countries and others for their alleged involvement in some minor and major criminal activities.
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It shows that Saudi Arabia and Malaysia brooks no nonsense over Bangladeshis entering their countries for possibly work!
Enterprising people nonetheless since they want a better life than what they can think they will ever get in Bangladesh, if indeed they get!
I wonder why?
From the remarks of BD posters, they give the impression that BD is a vibrant economic giant!

