Information Sheet for Trainer

Information Sheet for Trainer: Module 3.7: Migration

1.      Where should the interested candidates for migration contact for getting help in Bangladesh?

These are the authorised institutions for safe migration in Bangladesh:

·         Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET)

·         Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Limited (BOESL)

·         Private recruiting agencies with license

·         Vocational education centres

·         Some authorised private organisations and NGOs conducting trainings on safe migration etc.

Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) has a help desk where interested candidates can directly contact by visiting or through telephone for any kind of information and service regarding migration.

Address: Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET), Prabashi Kallyan Samiti, 71-72, Old Elephant Road, Eskaton Garden, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh. 

BMET helpline: 8319322, 8323004, 8322946, 8317511 (from Sunday-Thursday, 9:00 am-5:00 pm)

Email: bmet@bmet.org.bd

Website: www.bmet.gov.bd

2.      Where should they get help in foreign countries?

a.      General information: Embassy of Bangladesh

b.      Contact Labour Attaché, who supports as follows:

·         Aid to the stranded workers for repatriation. 

·         Financial Assistance to the distressed workers. 

·         Mitigate problems related to non-payment of salary, benefits through labour courts and other related offices

·         Provide legal aid assistance to the workers. 

·         Burial of dead bodies of Bangladeshi workers abroad.

c.       Exploitation or harassment: There is a web link where you can complain against specific exploitation: www.ovijogbmet.org