Returnees reportedly travelled through South and Central America, often by bus and on foot

Family members of 27 fishermen, who were imprisoned by Myanmar authorities after allegedly entering Myanmar’s territorial waters in December last year and March this year, gathered at Shahbagh Intersection in Dhaka yesterday, demanding that the government secure their relatives’ return.

Concrete houses with bright colours are dotted across several villages in Shariatpur, standing as proof of the hard-earned economic success of Bangladeshi migrants in Italy.

For months, Sajidur Rahman’s family hoped the 28-year-old would reach Europe and change their fortunes.

A total of 165 Bangladeshi nationals have been repatriated from Libya with the assistance of the Bangladesh Embassy in Libya, the foreign affairs ministry, the expatriates’ welfare ministry, the Libyan government, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Deported Bangladeshi migrants recount hunger, abuse and shattered hopes

At least four Bangladeshi nationals died after two boats carrying 95 irregular migrants capsized off the Libyan coastal city of Al Khums on Thursday, the Libyan Red Crescent said on Saturday.

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The Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department arrested 176 illegal immigrants, including 71 Bangladeshi nationals, during a raid in the Jalan Alor area of Bukit Bintang on Wednesday night, reports Malaysia’s national news agency Bernama.

A total of 214 illegal immigrants, including 123 Bangladeshis, have been arrested by Malaysia’s Johor Immigration Department during raids on workers’ settlements near Kampung Belokok and Jalan Lingkaran Dalam in Johor Baru.

In the darkness, a shape emerged among the Mediterranean waves -- over 30 men, huddled shoulder to shoulder in the hold of a fibreglass boat.

Malaysia has reportedly repatriated 2,530 undocumented Bangladeshi migrant workers through its Migrant Repatriation Programme launched on March 1

A Human Rights Watch report has detailed the damning state of immigration detention centres in Malaysia that house thousands of refugees and asylum seekers, listing claims of human rights violations and abuse.

Malaysia begins its Migration Repatriation Programme (MRP) today, enabling undocumented migrant workers to be sent back to their home countries without facing prosecution.

The government yesterday brought back 144 irregular Bangladeshi migrants from north African country Libya.

Undocumented foreigners will be sent back to their home countries without facing further prosecution under the Migration Repatriation programme that commences March 1, said Malaysian Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

Seven undocumented Bangladeshi workers were detained in Malaysia today for various immigration offenses, reports The New Straits Times

A total of 85 undocumented Bangladeshi workers were detained during separate drives in Malaysia yesterday for various immigration related offenses, according to Malaysian media

38 migrants from Bangladesh arrived after their nine-metre boat was picked up off the coast by Italian authorities, Ansa said.

Immigration officers in Malaysia rounded up 252 undocumented Bangladeshi migrant workers during a raid today, according to a report of Free Malaysia Today, an online news portal