A total of 50 Bangladeshi nationals have been shifted to Kurdistan from the violence-hit Iraqi city of Mosul.
Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain told reporters Thursday afternoon. He was talking to reporters after a meeting with a delegation of Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies' (Baira) at his office.
He said among the 50 migrant Bangladeshis, 30 have been fled away from Kurdistan.
"They might have fled as they spent a lot of money for going to the country in search of jobs and they do not want to come back," he added.
He further said the government would bring back the Bangladeshi nationals in Iraq, if it was required.
He also advised all expatriate Bangladeshi nationals in Iraq to remain alert.
The Iraqi government bolstered Baghdad's defences as militants pushed towards the capital.
After taking Mosul, militants in Iraq captured a major chunk of mainly Sunni Arab territory stretching towards the capital.
