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While the exodus of North-Easterners tapered off, police are maintaining an eagle’s eye on illegal Bangladeshi migrants in the state, including in the city.

Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani on Tuesday alleged that the “Congress collusion in illegal migration from Bangladesh” is the root cause of recurring violence in Assam. For the violence in Kokrajhar and three other districts, he blamed the State government’s “criminal delay in dealing with the situation.”

Bangladeshi migrant workers sent home a record $12.85bn in the fiscal year ended in June as overseas jobs soared on the back of new opportunities in the Middle East, officials said yesterday.

New job opportunities in the oil rich Middle East have bolstered the Bangladeshi economy, with migrant workers sending him a record $US12.85 billion in the fiscal year, which ended in June.

Dhaka, May 19 (bdnews24.com) - The government has launched a three-year National Plan of Action for Combating Human Trafficking 2012 to prevent human trafficking and protect trafficking victims.

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia and Bangladesh will be signing a memmorandum of understanding (MoU) to combat human trafficking between the two countries so that innocent people are not exploited, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein.

PUTRAJAYA (May 14, 2012): The Cabinet Committee on Foreign Workers and Illegal Immigrants is to discuss a proposal to set up a special system based on government-to-government collaboration to facilitate smooth migration of Bangladeshi workers to Malaysia.

The Central Taskforce on Money Laundering has decided to prepare a comprehensive on foreign workers in Bangladesh in a bid to check funnelling out money abroad.