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'Free visa' scams drained over Tk30,000cr extra from Bangladeshis bound for Gulf in 2022: Study

In Bangladesh’s migration context, so-called “free visa” schemes have become a vehicle for fraud and exploitation.

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Iraq to recruit workers from Bangladesh

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Around 20% of aspiring migrants failed skill verification test introduced by Saudi Arabia in 2023

Migrant workers lined up. Photo: UNB

Sept sees 48% YoY jump in overseas jobs; Saudi deal promises further uptick

Aspiring migrant workers hold a demonstration, as an elderly passerby looks on, at Dhaka’s Sonargaon intersection in the Karwan Bazar area on 28 September 2025. Photo: Focus Bangla.

What are the demands of aspiring migrant workers stuck in the Malaysian migration deadlock?

TBS Illustration

Malaysia’s labour market not yet open, BOESL warns workers

The H1-B visa allows thousands of Bangladeshis to pursue foreign work in America, contributing substantially to remittance flow. Photo: Hindustan Times

Amazon, Microsoft among companies sponsoring more H-1B visas than before: Report

European Union flags fly outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 19, 2019/ Reuters

EU lauds Dhaka's collaborative efforts in addressing irregular migration

The European Parliament and its subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) play a crucial role in protecting, promoting and defending human rights globally. Photo: Collected from UNB

Dhaka to see visits from Brussels on migration, human rights, polls observation

European Union logo. Photo: Collected

EU delegation arrives in Dhaka for talks on migration and trade

Expatriates’ Welfare Ministry Asif Nazrul and others at a press conference at the ministry in Dhaka on Wednesday. Photo: TBS

Malaysia prefers limiting number of recruiting agencies: Asif Nazrul

A drone view shows a migrant detention centre in Gjader, Albania, July 31, 2025. The facility was set up under an Italian government plan to process migrants rescued at sea. Photo: REUTERS/Florion Goga/File Photo

EU court rules against Italy on Albania migrant camps scheme

Migrant workers at the airport who were repatriated from war-torn Libya on 24 July 2025. Photo: TBS

19 irregular Bangladeshi migrants repatriated from Tunisia