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He told reporters after a meeting with representatives of the six-country embassies in Dhaka on Wednesday.
The minister said: “They are trapped here after coming to work, they have to renew their visa. Those who took new visas during March could not go, they will cancel and reissue, like 25 thousand.
“Only 8 people work on his mission. Everyone should be patient, but everyone will go. Everything has to be reissued, it’s a matter of time. “
The government met with embassy representatives amid protests by expatriates over the airline ticket crisis and visa reassignment and their nervousness in front of airline counters.
The meeting was attended by ambassadors from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Malaysia and Iraq or their representatives.
Foreign Minister Momen told reporters that as of now, it has been decided to launch 20 trips to the Middle East each week to alleviate the suffering of Saudi expatriates.
He said, “20 flights will be leaving starting tomorrow. Saudi Arabia at 10 o’clock, Biman Bangladesh at 10 o’clock. I hope that many people can go ”.
This week, Biman flew two special flights with four commercial Saudi Airlines flights to pick up Saudi expats. On the other hand, Biman Bangladesh decided to launch commercial flights from October 1 at the permit fair.
After the launch of the flight with Saudi Arabia, between five and a half and six thousand expatriates were able to go there, the foreign minister said.
More than 2 million Bangladeshis work in various professions in Saudi Arabia, an oil-rich country in the Middle East. Of the £ 1.62 billion in remittances that arrived in the country in fiscal year 2019-20, only £ 401.51 billion were sent by Saudi expats.
Expatriates from Saudi Arabia who arrived in the country during the coronavirus epidemic, the country’s government resumed flights, but the danger came from leaving Bangladesh.
The airline was unable to resume regular commercial flights to Saudi Arabia without permission. As a result, many Bangladeshis working in Saudi Arabia could not even leave their airline tickets. On the other hand, Saudi Arabian Airlines could not withstand the pressure of so many passengers due to low flights.
In this situation, Saudi expatriate workers joined the protest. They also protested in front of the Expatriate Welfare Building on Wednesday after a two-day protest outside the offices of Biman and Saudi Arabian Airlines.
Subsequently, the government announced to extend the visa period for the detainees and the validity of Iqama for 24 days. After their protest ceased, many stranded expats complained that they were unable to renew their visas due to a lack of authorization from their employers.
Asked about them, the Chancellor said: “If the person who will give the job does not give it, then he will not be able to go. What can you do if they do not accept people?
“They should look for another job. New people are also getting jobs. So where is the difficulty? Many are receiving authorization, others are not. 5 thousand five hundred are gone in a few days. They just left with authorization. “
To another question, Momen said: “The number of those who have not been able to contact Kafil is very small. In total, we have 53 people. Kafil did not give the authorization. I can’t find Kafil. So this number is very low. “
Addressing expats, he said: “Those whose sponsors did not agree to keep them should first contact the sponsors. Those whose sponsors do not agree can try a new sponsor.”
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