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Welfare activitie:

As per provision no. 19(Ka) of Emigration Ordinance, fund called “Wages Earners’ Welfare Fund” has been formed under a promulgation of the Honourable President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Migrant workers and their family members are being assisted through this fund. Major heads of expenditure the welfare for the welfare of the migrants are as follows :

Provide assistance for repatriation and burial of human remains.
Provide financial assistance amounting to Tk. 35,000/- (Thirty five thousand) for burial of dead body in Bangladesh.
The compensation money, etc., due to the legal heirs of the deceased is also arranged by BMET. BMET performs the task of keeping in its bank account the workers compensation money remitted by the employer and for distributing the same to the legal claimants after proper verification.
Provide financial assistance amounting to Tk. 2,00,000/- (Two lac) (If deceased, not entitled to compensation from employer).
Welfare Desks has been set up at departure and arrival lounge of the Dhaka,Sylhet & Chittagong Airport. These desks provide services to the migrant workers regarding their Visa, emigration clearance, etc. These desks also arrange receive of dead bodies of the migrant workers and sending it to the relatives of the deceased. Another desk is planned to be opened at the arrival lounge also to extend similar services to the incoming workers.
Briefing sessions are arranged at BMET Briefing Center before departure of the workers to make them aware about the employment agreement, service conditions, working environment, salary and other benefits, remittance system, local languages of the host country etc.
Provide assistance to repatriate the detained, sick and missing expatriates.

On going project:

Construction of 500 flat for the expatriates at Baridhara, Dhaka, to mitigate their accommodation problem.

Construction of One Stop Service Building at 71-72, Elephant Road, Eskaton, Dhaka, to provide One Stop Service e.g short stay, Passport, Ticketing, Banking etc.

All information regarding welfare services can be viewed by visiting BMET website: www.bmet.gov.bd

WEWF

Government has created a Wage Earner’s Welfare Fund (WEWF) in the BMET to extend welfare services to the migrant workers. A Board of Directors comprising of inter-ministerial representatives operates this fund. It comprises senior level representation from Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Finance Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh Bank, etc.

Abroad

Labour Attaché’s in 13 countries where Bangladeshi workers are being exported are attending to the welfare of the workers there. Their tasks are as follow

Aid to the stranded workers for repatriation.
Financial Assistance to the distressed workers.
Efforts to mitigate problems related to non-payment of salary and other benefits through labour courts and other related offices by providing legal aid assistance to the workers.
Burial of dead bodies of Bangladeshi workers abroad.

Awareness campaign

Warning advertisement in the news media like, TV, Radio, Newspapers and periodicals to generate awareness amongst the job seekers so as not to be cheated by the unscrupulous and fraudulent businessmen. These notices are aimed to motivate the people to develop consciousness about the relevant papers relating to their recruitment and transaction of money with proper receipt and documents.

Some new facilities are being introduced for migrant workers:

One stop Service

A hostel complex is being set up at Eskaton, Dhaka to provide following facilities :

Rooms for short stay in Dhaka for migrant workers.
Trade testing.
Medical testing facilities.
Briefing Centre.
Airlines office for ticketing facilities.
Passport facilities.
Recreation centre.

About 188 Apartments are being constructed for migrant workers.

An Information Technology Training Centre has been planned to be set up.

A separate channel will be introduced at the arrival lounge of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at Dhaka to facilitate easy clearing for migrant workers.

Two buses are kept at Airport to provide transport facility for safe & cheap movement from airport to the nearest bus station railway station/launch terminal.