34 bodies of migrant workers arrive from Kuwait, Malaysia, Libya

The mortal remains of 34 Bangladeshi migrant workers who died abroad arrived home on Saturday on separate flights from Kuwait, Malaysia, and Libya. 

The bodies had been stranded in the respective countries for an extended period due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, says a press release.

According to the Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry release, all 34 deaths were natural in cause and of them, 30 from Kuwait and two each from Malaysia and Libya. The mortal remaining of these 34 migrant workers—stranded in those three countries due to the illegal war inflicted jointly by Israel and US on Iran—arrived on separate flights. 

The body of a migrant worker being loaded into an ambulance at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday night, to be transported to his ancestral home. Photo: Ministry

Upon handover of the bodies at the airport, the Wage Earners' Welfare Board under the ministry disbursed Tk 35,000 to each bereaved family to cover funeral and transportation expenses.

The ministry further stated that families entitled to insurance benefits or any other financial assistance would receive such dues at the earliest possible time.

Senior officials of the ministry and representatives of the Wage Earners' Welfare Board were present at the airport during the handover of the remains to the next of kin.