Livelihood intervention of the repatriated Bangladeshi nationals who escaped from the trafficked situation
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Thousands of Bangladesh and Myanmar took deadly voyage by sea either for better economic opportunities or avoiding persecution in homeland. This effort of impoverished people turned into nightmare and made the biggest human catastrophe in recent time. Long presence of the organized drug smuggler gangs took opportunities of committing organized human trafficking after the communal violence against the ethnic Rohingya in Myanmar in early 1990s. Over the time, the transnational smugglers extended their network in Bangladesh and started recruiting of impoverished Bangladeshis as well. <br />
Strong presence of the vicious cycle of local agents and transnational racket of human traffickers and their lucrative offers of so called “on-arrival payment” on one hand and on the other act as both pull and push factors to choose the perilous journey thousands of migrants.<br />
There is hardly data about exact number of people have travelled by sea from Bangladesh and Myanmar to Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, the international agencies estimate over 80,000 approximately. It is believed that about 25,000 Bangladeshis and Rohingya boarded boats headed for Malaysia in the first three months of 2015, twice as many as in the same period in 2014. <br />
There is no data of people who have been killed either by brutal torture by the traffickers or died of illness due to starvation, malnutrition or torture while held by the traffickers for payment of ransom before smuggled them to Malaysia. Recent discovery of mass grave in Thailand and Malaysia border indicates the tip of the iceberg only. Unknown numbers of fortune seekers are still missing. Nobody knows the fate of those poor people. <br />
In response to the global outcry, the governments of Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia have provided shelters to about 5,000 Bangladeshis and Rohingya people who were abandoned in the sea by the traffickers. Bangladesh government has taken initiative to repatriate those people. Some 1800 have already been repatriated. <br />
Apart from repatriation, there is no other service for those repatriated migrants who came through severe psychological trauma over the deadly journey. All of them get returned one clothe and bare footed but along with a distorted mind and blur of future. In such a context, economic reintegration initiative is must to help them stand up again.<br />
CARAM has planned to promote economic reintegration of those repatriated persons who have returned with the hope live. We planned to provide assistance to about 5000 returnees in setting up “tea stall”. The “Tea Stall” will use brand products and introduce especial verities of tea and coffee i.e. ice tea, ice coffee, tea/coffee with ginger, Kalo Jira tea, Lemon tea, Nescafe etc. Cheap but hygienic and new test of tea will become popular among the general people and will create a new “brand” (name) in rural Bangladesh. <br />
One person needs only BDT 120,000 (USD 1500) to start this livelihood option. Do you think you are interested in supporting these people – may be all, may be only one person or more! We welcome you coming forward and join your hands with us only to help those poor people stand up again!<br />
Publish Date: Sep 8, 2015
Issues:
Reintegration
Submited By:
mohammad Harun or Rashid