180 Bangladeshis return home after falling victim to fraud in Kyrgyzstan
- Update Time : Wednesday, 10 September, 2025, 04:37 pm
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Online Desk : A total of 180 Bangladeshi migrants, who were lured to Kyrgyzstan with promises of high-paying jobs in the garment and construction sectors but ended up victims of fraud, have returned home. They arrived in Dhaka on a special flight from Bishkek at 3:30am today, reports TBS.
The repatriation was coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment, the Civil Aviation Authority, and Brac Migration Programme, which also provided the returnees with financial and emergency assistance at the airport.
Shariful Hasan, associate director of Brac’s Migration and Youth Platform said,”Many were taken to Kyrgyzstan with promises of well-paid jobs but ended up unpaid, jobless, undocumented, and even tortured. Some families were forced to pay ransom for their release.” Brac said it has assisted over 35,000 returnees at airports over the last eight years. In 2024 alone, 40 migrants were rescued from different countries.
