Nearly 10.75 lakh workers leave for overseas employment in current fiscal: Imran

Nearly 10.75 lakh people have left the country for overseas employment in the current fiscal year, said Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran.

The minister said this while responding to a star-marked question raised by treasury bench lawmaker Ali Azam of Bhola-2 at the question-answer session at the Jatiya Sangsad on Monday.

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury chaired the session. 

Imran also told the parliament that some 9.07 lakh employees went abroad in the last fiscal till June 15 in 2022.

In the current year, 15.59 percent more workers have already migrated for overseas employment compared to last year. 

The government has a plan to sign agreement with some foreign countries - Libya, Malta, Albania, Romania and Serbia - to export manpower.

The minister made the disclosure while responding to another star-marked question raised by treasury bench lawmaker M Habibur Rahman of Bogura-5.

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