Jointly Organised by Bangladesh Parliamentarians’ Caucus on Migration and Development and Bangladesh Civil Society for Migrants (BCSM)
Date: 11 September 2023,
Venue: LD Hall, Bangladesh National Parliament
Bangladesh Civil Society for Migrants (BCSM) and Bangladesh Parliamentarians’ Caucus on Migration and Development jointly organised a policy discussion on “CSO’s Demand in Election Manifesto” for including the issue of migrants’ rights and welfare in the election manifestos of political parties in the 12th National General Elections. In this meeting, Dr. Tasneem Siddiqui, Chairperson, BCSM and Founder Chair, RMMRU, on behalf of BCSM, raised and presented the demands for the inclusion of the rights of migrant workers in the election manifestos of political parties ahead of national election. The demands for inclusion of migrants’ rights are presented in two parts. Firstly the main demands and then the rights of migrants, rights of women migrants, migration management, welfare, skill manpower, remittance collection and investment and inclusion of international labour migration in climate adaptation programmes.
The event was attended by 12 honourable members and MPs of Bangladesh Parliamentarians’ Caucus on Migration and Development and 19 members from 16 organisations of Bangladesh Civil Society for Migrants (BCSM).
Barrister Shameem Haider Patwary, MP and Chairman, Bangladesh Parliamentarians’ Caucus on Migration and Development, was present in the discussion as the Chair. He said that “the manifesto is the mandate for elected political parties. I believe that the demands that have been raised for the development of migrant’s benefits will be incorporated into the manifestos of political parties for the interest of country. In the manifesto, the political parties can commit for increasing the capacities of BMET, creating a year-wise target of skill development using artificial intelligence for migrants, strengthening the capacities of Probashi Kollayan Bank etc”.
Mr. Syed Saiful Haque, Co-Chair, BCSM and Chairman, WARBE Development Foundation, in his concluding remarks strongly discussed about zero migration cost, and corporate social responsibilities of remittance accepting banks, etc for migrant workers and thanked everyone to join and make the programme successful.
The discussion meeting was held on September 11, 2023 from 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM in the LD Hall of Bangladesh National Parliament.
