Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment minister Nurul Islam who is now on official visit to Mauritius has requested his counterpart to recruit more Bangladeshi workers.

Minister Nurul Islam on Monday had a bilateral meeting with Mauritius minister of Labour, Industrial Relations, Employment and Training Soodesh Satkam Callichur at his office in Port Louis, according to press release.

During the meeting the two ministers agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding on manpower recruitment. They also agreed to implement the MoU to remove all obstacles in recruitment of workers.

Nurul Islam said that there were enough skilled and semi skilled workers available in Bangladesh and they could be sent as per requirement of Mauritius.

The minister discussed londontoto about rights and welfare of the Bangladeshi migrant workers working in the country.

Mauritius minister Soodesh Satkam Callichur assured the visiting Bangladesh minister Nurul Islam that his country would recruit more workers from Bangladesh.

‘Bangladeshi workers are very sincere about their assigned works,’ he said.

During the meeting, Soodesh Satkam Callichur mentioned that the Bangladeshi workers have already been the largest numbers of foreign workers who were employed in Mauritius.

He lauded the role of Bangladeshi workers who were working in that country. ‘Within two or three months, Bangladeshi workers can learn Mauritius language which is really surprising,’ he said.

A total of 23,263 workers from Bangladesh have left for Mauritius, said officials in Dhaka.

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