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Remittances sent home by migrant workers have played a significant role in reducing poverty in most countries including the least developed one like Bangladesh, said a senior official of the United Nations.

Home Minister R R Patil on Wednesday admitted that several illegal Bangaldeshi migrants were being given employment in the construction industry.

Visiting Director General of International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Ambassador William Lacy Swing on Monday said that his organisation was formulating a framework for migration management to handle the migrant workers’ safety during any crisis across the world.

Burmese Rohingya refugees living in unregistered refugee camps in Bangladesh are on the verge of starvation after new security protocols are preventing them from seeking work, according to Rashid, a Kutupalong makeshift camp committee member.

Shillong : Seven illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, working as coal miners in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district, were caught by BSF troopers Monday as they were trying to cross back into their country, an official said.

Jodhpur/Jaipur: Stoking the issue of illegal immigration from Bangladesh, a Rajasthan BJP MLA has urged the state government to start a drive to identify and repatriate all Bangladeshis who are staying back without valid papers.

In a bid to curb illegal migration of Bangladeshi nationals into the city, the special branch of the Mumbai police has asked the state home department to make the arrests of illegal migrants a non-bailable offence and set up a detention centre for those released on bail.

According to a media report, the deadline of the two-month amnesty for the illegal workers expired on Monday and now they have to apply through their respective diplomatic missions in UAE for a trouble free exit.