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Back to work for Bangladesh migrants as Mideast war grinds on
Despite risks from ongoing conflict and recent airstrikes killing workers, tens of thousands of Bangladeshis return to Gulf jobs driven by economic necessity and debt repayment.
- This past week, Bangladeshi migrant workers began returning to Gulf jobs after tens of thousands fled, with many hugging relatives and boarding flights at Dhaka airport.
- Mr Mizanur Rahman described how his brother Mosharraf Hossain was killed on March 8 in an air strike on Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia; Islam said, 'My mother is crying nonstop, so is my sister-in-law.'
- Sakib, a cleaner who had been home for his wedding, returned to Saudi work leaving his new wife behind, while Safia Khatun embraced her 24-year-old son Sajjad as he left for a hospital job in Saudi Arabia.
- Thousands are queued to return as flights slowly resume, with more than 400 cancellations and Bangladesh's Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare saying it is constantly in touch with host countries.
- About seven million Bangladeshis work overseas, most in the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia hosting about two-thirds of that workforce, linking the conflict to migrant labour.
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Back to work for Bangladesh migrants as Mideast war grinds on
Tens of thousands have fled the Gulf to escape the Middle East war, but Bangladeshi migrant workers say they have little choice but to return to earn a living.
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