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Political:

The Ministry of Labor and Employment is the government ministry of Bangladesh


responsible for the employment, to protect and safeguard the interest of workers and human
resource development.
It was found that many employers were ignoring employment law. Some companies were not
paying their workers the minimum wage, while others forced workers to work longer than
legally permitted under the working time directive. It can be very difficult for migrant
workers to get legal advice when they have problems at work. This is partly due to language
barriers. Many also fear losing their jobs if they complain. Like other low paid workers, they
rely on legal advice, paid for by the government through legal aid. Reduced funding for legal
aid and for immigration advice in particular has resulted in fewer solicitors taking on legal
aid cases. Many migrant workers seeking help have been turned away.
political changes that limit the access of Bangladeshi migrants to overseas labor markets,
such as the restriction of male labor migrants in the United Arab Emirates (in 2012)
Some countries like Japan have shown interest in hiring trained workers from Bangladesh
and within a matter of days an MOU will be signed between Bangladesh and Japan. If the
workers have a good chance of becoming qualified through the assistance of the government
in Bangladesh, then they the go to Japan as a skilled worker with regional neighbors.
Since Migrant workers are given or they work for far less payment than the permanent or
country workers, the migrants are accused of under cutting the pay level. The British workers
are not happy with the migrants since they tend to steal all their work for a little
compensation. But if there was a fair negotiated pay rates then this type of misfortune would
not arise.
Economical:
Remittances now form an important part of household livelihood strategies. The remittances
sent by the migrant workers have grown over time. It has increase from US$ 1217.06 million
(1995-96) to US$ 1097.00 million (2009-2010). The cumulative receives from Bangladeshi
migrants during 1976-2010 stood at around US$ 78.67 billion.
Bangladesh maintained a healthy growth in remittances through the formal channel. The
trend of remittance has accelerated in recent years from $2.07 billion in 2001 to $11.00
billion in 2010, an average growth of 43 percent per annum, even in the global financial
meltdown. The oil-rich Middle Eastern countries with more than 80 percent of the total stock
of Bangladesh migrants accounts for a lion’s share of remittances.
According to a news article from the website Mashable released in 2015, it stated that
reported that 26% of the Bangladeshi American community lived under the poverty line. This
is much higher than the USA average of 16% according to data released by the Economic
Policy Institute in 2011. Many of these Bangladeshis were taxicab drivers, while others had
white-collar occupations. In Atlantic City s some got into casinos
The migration cost for women workers to go to Saudi Arab is now zero, said the expatriates’
welfare and overseas employment minister of Bangladesh has sent 2, 49,528 workers
overseas and received $4,530.46 million as remittance till 2018.
Gradually more women are migrating on their own as principal wage-earners. They tend to
take jobs in what are familiar to the female occupations so their experience is gendered as
well. Many women who migrate find themselves at risk of gender-based violence and
exploitation.
A study shows that the higher the skill and education level of the expatriates the lower their
ties with the host country and incidence of sending remittances back home. About 97 percent
of the Bangladeshi overseas workers are outside professional categories; they have strong ties
with home and tend to send a significant portion of their remittance back to Bangladesh.
During migration the total income of migrant households increased by 119 percent. A
significant portion of remittance is used for purchase of land and home construction. While
going abroad a migrant worker usually manages the fund for his migration either by selling
land or mortgaging land. So to retrieve the sold or mortgaged land some portion of remittance
is used.
Social
For workers working abroad, life is not so easy. It's lonely and sad by leaving their families
and others occasionally. For the people in the Middle East, in particular. Around 1,500
Bangladeshi, who have not been paying to Saudi Ogre in the past eight months, have recently
increased efforts to evacuate or arrange for the workers in their strands who suffer from a
food shortage and deteriorating conditions. The latter is the case with many migrant workers'
countries of origin.
According to the 2015 website news report from Mashable, 26% of the American population
in Bangladesh lived under poverty line. According to data released by the Economic Policy
Institute in 2011, this is much higher than the USA average of 16%. Many of these
Bangladeshi drivers were taxis while others had occupations of white collars. Some have
entered casinos in Atlantic City.
Bangladesh Migrant workers have difficulty communicating in different languages. This
creates problems with understanding important documents such as contracts of employment,
company rules and notices. Migrant workers are often unaware of their rights in the
workplace. The language barrier also affects the migrants outside the workplace. It causes
difficulties in shops, accessing housing and education and understanding the welfare system.
Not being able to understand cultural issues such as behavior and customs is another big
factor. Together these problems make many migrant workers feel socially excluded from
English-speaking co-workers.
At the micro level, the contribution of migration to poverty reduction is notable, with
remittances boosting household consumption and savings significantly. The World Bank
(2012), using the Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2010, showed that the monthly
income, consumption, and savings were on average 82%, 38% and 107% higher,
respectively, for remittance receiving households than households not receiving.

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