LilMikeSF<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Bangladesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bangladesh</span></a> is single largest source of EU seeking migrants out of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Libya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Libya</span></a>.</p><p>For years the country's have vacillated on policies, with Libyan military banning all Bangladeshi arrivals in 2017, and then agreements signed by Libyan officials on camera publicly seeking "educated" <a href="https://c.im/tags/Bangladeshis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bangladeshis</span></a> to migrate and perform work in the country.</p><p>A group of over 160 that recently repatriated back to Bangladesh had their transport covered by the <a href="https://c.im/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> Union., whose International Organization for Migration (<a href="https://c.im/tags/IOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IOM</span></a>) Voluntary Humanitarian Return program has paid to send hundreds of them back home. </p><p>The IOM’s <a href="https://c.im/tags/Displacement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Displacement</span></a> Tracking Matrix, highlights that around 95% of Bangladeshi migrants leave for economic reasons, 98% of them are males, with nearly 70% of them claiming <a href="https://c.im/tags/unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unemployment</span></a> pushed them to desperation out of their homeland.</p><p>in 2024 authorities counted nearly 4,000 Bangladeshis without legal papers arriving to <a href="https://c.im/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> in a 60 day period. The IOM has said in past decade it has facilitated the return of over 100,000 migrants that came to <a href="https://c.im/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> via Libya alone.</p><p>In past 24 hours, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced <a href="https://c.im/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greece</span></a> will suspend <a href="https://c.im/tags/asylum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>asylum</span></a> hearings for any migrants arriving by boat from Libya and Italy has said it will provide boats to Libyan Coast Guard to curb EU seeking migrants.</p><p><a href="https://libyareview.com/57197/greece-suspends-asylum-process-for-migrants-from-libya/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">libyareview.com/57197/greece-s</span><span class="invisible">uspends-asylum-process-for-migrants-from-libya/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/65207/158-bangladeshi-migrants-returned-from-libya" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">infomigrants.net/en/post/65207</span><span class="invisible">/158-bangladeshi-migrants-returned-from-libya</span></a></p>