In the last four years, 9,000 Bangladeshi women workers have returned from Saudi Arabia, most with stories of physical torture and sexual assault like Akter, according to BRAC, a nongovernmental organization also working with Bangladeshi migration workers.
“During this period, 152 dead bodies, including 66 who committed suicide, have been returned from Saudi. Unfortunately, no Saudi offender has been punished,” Shariful Islam Hasan, head of the BRAC Migration program, told Anadolu Agency.
Almost all female workers returned with empty hands and many with only the dress on her back, said Hasan.
“We found many women at Dhaka airport still bearing scars of physical torture on their bodies,” he said, adding that no recruiting agencies or concerned ministries were found to receive the traumatized women.
According to the Expatriates' Welfare & Overseas Employment Ministry, more than 300,000 women workers have travelled to Saudi Arabia from Bangladesh since 1991.
Currently, 270,000 Bangladeshi women are working in Saudi Arabia, and many are reportedly being tortured.
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