Rising trend in manpower exports
Rising trend in manpower exports | Priyo News
Mon, 15/08/2011 - 4:00am | by priyodesk
Bangladesh's overseas employment sector is showing signs of recovery after two years, according to available statistics.
In July, some 50,307 Bangladeshi men and women left the country for overseas employment, which was the highest monthly recruitment since January 2009, according to the Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training.
The figure was 24,347 in the same month last year, the data shows.
During January-July, some 301,804 Bangladeshi nationals were recruited across the world, which was up by 24 per cent against the total recruitment recorded during the corresponding period of 2010, the BMET data shows.
'More and more countries are opening up doors to Bangladeshi workers due to their work flexibility,' said Zafar Ahmed Khan, the expatriates' welfare and overseas employment secretary.
He said that pressure on the recruiting agents for minimising the migration cost was responsible for such upward trend of overseas employment.
The ministry had earlier set a target to send 4.5 lakh Bangladeshi workers abroad in 2011 calendar year.
'We could send more than we earlier estimated for this year,' the secretary told New Age.
He attributed the growth in manpower export to the gradual restoration of job market in the Middle Eastern countries, mainly Oman and UAE.
Some 4,75,278 and 3,91,702 Bangladeshi men and women were recruited overseas in 2009 and 2010 respectively.