COVID-19 Impacts on the Bangladeshi Diaspora

Borgen Magazine. PARIS, France — Bangladesh is the world’s 11th biggest remittance-recipient nation, meaning that the salaries of foreign migrant workers sent back to their families in the country play a significant part of its economy. However, due to severe job cuts and deportations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Central Bank of Bangladesh has reported that the remittances collected within 2020 were the lowest in the last decade. What are the COVID-19 impacts on Bangladeshi diaspora, migrant workers, their families and how has it changed the country’s economy?

COVID-19 Impacts on the Bangladeshi Diaspora