It is encouraging to note that remittance inflow has been recorded high as the coronavirus situation has improved worldwide and the country has recently sent many migrant workers to different countries. As reported by this daily on Monday, the number of overseas employment in different countries of the world has increased in March although the month-wise overseas employment in January and February of 2022 decreased. According to the Bangladesh Manpower Employment and Training Bureau (BMET), 120,316 Bangladeshi workers got jobs in different countries of the world in March.
As a consequence of the government’s various endeavours, the tempo of the country’s remittance inflow has remarkably progressed over the last years. It needs no mentioning that remittance inflow to the country is touching new heights every passing year despite multifarious limitations and challenges.
We must ensure proper training for
jobseekers before sending them abroad
But it is dissatisfying to note that larger portion of the remittance comes only from ten countries; hence, more stress on finding new work destinations should be given in due time.
In this regard, we need to encourage more European countries to take our workers. And in order to do that, we must ensure that they are skilled and have basic knowledge about foreign languages as well as adaptation abilities. Also we must ensure proper training for foreign jobseekers before sending them abroad.
There is a huge demand for skilled workers like computer operators, graphics designers and medical equipment operators in European countries. Therefore, emphasis should be given on the need for grooming and employing skilled hands and diligent personnel abroad.
It is worth mentioning that thousands of expatriate Bangladeshi workers returned home from abroad in the last one and half years because of the pandemic. In order to keep the progress of the country’s remittance inflow intact, pragmatic measures should be devised to send back all our expatriate workers who have been compelled to return home because of the pandemic.
