Govt working to send again expats to Bahrain: Foreign ministry
The federal government is working sincerely to send back Bangladeshi expatriates to Bahrain those who had returned residence from that Arab nation before outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.
Bangladesh mission on Bahrain have already been maintaining frequent communication with that country’s government in this regard, a international ministry news release said on Sunday.
Bangladeshi expatriates, who had returned residence prior to the pandemic and whose visas have already been expired, were previously asked to join up online with the Bangladesh mission in Manama to renew their visas.
Even so, the release said, simply 967 Bangladeshi expats possess authorized online while Bangladesh mission have previously submitted the list to Bahrain foreign ministry requesting to consider their circumstances.
Those people who are yet to join up online to renew their visas possess still the opportunity to carry out so, said the release.
Through the nine-month general amnesty from April to December 2020, the Bahrain government have previously regularized visas of 30,000 Bangladeshi nationals while there are still 25,000 irregular Bangladeshis are surviving in that country.
Dhaka also urged the Bahrain foreign ministry to regularize rest of the visas expired irregular Bangladeshi expatriates residing there, said the let go.
The foreign ministry said the Bahrain government didn’t not send back again any Bangladeshi countrywide amid the pandemic but amounts of Bangladeshi expats had return home voluntarily amid the COVID-19 situation.
The Bahrain government only deported those Bangladeshis who were in prison on in deportation camps under a general amnesty, it added.
The foreign ministry clarified that repatriation of Bangladeshi expatriates to Bahrain is the sole prerogative of the federal government of that country.
