ED: When they come back home

Migrant workers, once no longer employed overseas, had little in the way of support from their own motherland It is no stretch to say that Bangladesh’s economy owes a great deal to migrant workers, whose tireless work to send remittance back home account for a significant proportion of our GDP, and after the RMG industry, stands as the second highest source of foreign currency earnings for Bangladesh.However, the Covid-19 pandemic has compelled many of our migrants to return home, and it is a shame that, as far as supporting them with employment or opportunities, and capitalizing on the skills they have learned on foreign shores, we are largely failing.