Thirty Bangladeshi nationals who were released from an immigration detention centre in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, returned home on Tuesday.
They arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at around 12:15pm on a Thai Airways flight.
The returnees are Mohammad Harun Or Rashid, Mohammad Abdul Wadud, Mohammad Tarlib Hasan Titul, Sumit Chandra Das, Rakib Hossain, Bappi Das, Mohammad Labon Sheikh, Mohammad Abdur Rahman, Mohammad Billal Hossain, Mohammad Mostafa, Nur Nabi, Mohammad Emon Ali, Mohammad Barkatullah, Mohammad Rubel Mia, Ali Ahmed, Zahidul Islam, Shamsul Alam, Mohammad Abdur Rahman, Abu Jaher Sabuj, Shawon, Nahid Dhali, Raju Hossain, Mohammad Tayeb Ali Sheikh, Saimon Bhuiyan, Mohammad Rashedul, Mohammad Akash Ahmed, Mohammad Shimul Ali, Ashikur Rahman, Mohammad Alamin PK and Mohammad Kabir.
The Bangladeshis had travelled to Cambodia in search of jobs but became stranded at various scam centres in the country.
They registered to return home after the Cambodian government offered them the opportunity to leave without paying fines.
Accordingly, they arrived at Phnom Penh Airport on September 3. However, during immigration checks, Cambodian immigration police detained 32 Bangladeshis over various complications, including irregular immigration status.
Two were subsequently released, while the remaining 30 were held at the immigration detention centre.
Following an application by an organization named Anirban Survivor Voice Foundation, the first secretary of the labour wing at the Bangladesh Embassy in Bangkok was asked to take the necessary steps to secure the detainees’ release and facilitate their early return home.
After the required procedures were completed in phases, the 30 Bangladeshis returned to Bangladesh on Tuesday.
