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Bangladeshi migrant workers attack embassy in Kuwait.

Bangladeshi migrant workers attack embassy in Kuwait

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Bangladeshi migrant workers attack embassy in Kuwait

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Bangladesh

Several hundred Bangladeshi workers attacked and vandalised the Bangladesh embassy in Kuwait on Thursday over salary arrears and job permit renewal.

Several hundred Bangladeshi migrant workers employed by Kuwaiti firm Lesco attacked officials of Bangladesh embassy in Kuwait, according to reports on local media.

Bangladesh embassy on its Facebook page said on Friday that Kuwait security personnel had to intervene to disperse the workers who were protesting in front of the embassy for unpaid salaries.
When asked about workers’ protest, Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment ministry additional secretary for missions Ahmed Munirus Saleheen told New Age that they were yet to know details.

‘But we are trying to communicate with our labour officials posted in the embassy in Kuwait,’ he said.

On Thursday morning, workers queued up outside the embassy demanding the release of back pay and iqamas (work permits) from Lesco, Bangladesh embassy officials said.

The embassy communicated with the company which assured them of paying back the dues soon.

At one stage the workers vandalised the embassy, injuring three including Mohammed Anisuzzaman, who is counsellor and head of chancery, they added.

In November, Bangladesh embassy officials in Kuwait informed that over 500 Bangladeshi workers did not get jobs after migrating to Kuwait on employment visas and they were trapped by the brokers in Bangladesh and ‘some dishonest sponsors in Kuwait.’