Consultation on Protection of Migrants Rights on Human Rights Day, 2015

WARBE Development Foundation and Bangladesh Ovibashi Adhikar Forum (BOAF) with the support by AWO international arranged Consultation on Protection of Migrants Rights in on Human Rights Day.

Objective of the program was:

(a) Migrant Workers are in distress

(b) Domestic Workers Convention 189

(c) Use of wage earners’ welfare fund

(d) Voting rights of Migrant Workers

In the beginning of the consultation Mr. Sharif Hossen Chowdhury, Coordinator of WARBE Development Foundation gave welcome speech. After his speech Md. Faruque Ahmed Secretary General of WARBE Development Foundation gave keynote presentation. In his presentation he talked about many migrants’ related problems, how migrant workers are facing problems and being violated. Even he shared his own experience as he is a returnee migrant. Then our two migrant victims Rowshan Ara Begum and Champa Begum shared their experience how they are become victim when they worked in Lebanon and Jordan.

 In the Panel Discussion Mr. Atikun Nabi(Executive Director, INAFI), Mr. Nazmul Ahsan (President, BOAF), Mr. Abul Bashar (Project Coordinator, RMMRU), Md. Shakirul Islam (Chairman, OKUP), Mr. Abul Hossain(President, Trade Union),Mr. Nur Khan Liton(Director, Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) everyone talked on this issue. They all were talked about rights of migrants’ workers, about convention, use of welfare fund and many related issues.