Habibur came to the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka four day ago. Unable to go to Malaysia, yesterday, Friday, he checked into a hotel near the airport. Speaking over mobile phone yesterday, he told Prothom Alo, “I have contacted the people of the company. They are assuring me that they will sent us through another country to Malaysia. But Malaysia is not going to take in any more people, so I don’t understand how they are going to send me.”

Many others say that the companies to whom they have paid money, are no longer answering the phone. Many even went to the offices, only to find the offices locked.

Chairperson of the community-based migration organisation  Ovibashi Karmi Unnayan Program (OKUP), Shakirul Islam, yesterday told Prothom Alo that so many people could not go even after paying money. The recruiting agencies must take responsibility for this. It is the government that must ensure this.

* This report appeared in the print and online edition of Prothom Alo and has been rewritten for the English edition by Ayesha Kabir