![]() ![]() With a high hope to have a better life, thousands of Bangladeshi female workers go to Middle Eastern countries every year but many of them have to return home being victims of oppression, abuse and deception. “I was supposed to take care of a woman but I was forced to do all the household works there and then I was sold out on March 17,” Dalia said with her eyes full of tears. The ill-fated woman narrated her traumatic experience to the UNB correspondent on her return home on August 27 with 109 other female workers by a flight of Emirate Airways (EK 584).ĭalia said she went to Saudi Arabia on Jleaving her child and husband behind through Concord Apex Agency paying Tk 60,000 and her salary was fixed at 1,000 Saudi Riyal but she received only 800 Riyal. The Bangladesh Embassy in Saudi Arabia facilitated the return of Dalia and many others. Dalia, the lone bread earner of her family, had to return home empty-handed. The dream of Dalia, in her early 20s, got shattered immediately after the horrific experience there. ![]()
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