The authorities are in the process of sending home the bodies of two of out of the seven Bangladeshis, who died from hypothermia in the Mediterranean while trying to reach Italy.
An aircraft carrying the body of Joy Talukder Ratan is expected to land in Dhaka on February 12, while the body of Kamrul Hasan Bappi is supposed to arrive the next day, the Bangladesh embassy in Rome said on Tuesday.
The families of Ratan and Bappi have already been notified, the embassy said in a statement. Both of them hailed from Madaripur Sadar upazila.
The five others have been identified as Imran Hossain, Safayet and Jahirul from Madaripur, Sazzad from Sunamganj, and Saiful from Kishoreganj.
Their bodies will also be sent to Bangladesh soon, the Bangladesh mission added.
The seven Bangladeshis died on their way from Libya to the Italian island of Lampedusa on January 25. Altogether 287 had tried to enter Italy illegally on a boat, of whom 273 were Bangladeshis, according to the Bangladesh embassy.
Hundreds of people have made the often-deadly journey this year, despite winter weather that once deterred migrants from attempting the crossing, and numbers are expected to rise further.
Despite freezing temperatures and rough seas, over 1,750 people have arrived in Italy so far this month, compared to 379 in the same period last year.
Hypothermia occurs when the human body loses more heat than it can generate and drops below 35°C.