Technical Proposal

Innovation Fund on Safe Migration

Submitted to:

BRAC
Date: 26/02/2015

Submitted by:

Coalition for the Urban Poor (CUP)

10-C/1, Block F, Madrasha Road, Aziz Moholla
Mohammadpur, Dhaka-1207.
Tel: 028142875, Cell. 01819213450
Email: cupbd2010@gmail.com

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Contents
List of Abbreviation...................................................................3
1. Organization Profile...............................................................4
2. CUPs Strengths....................................................................5
3. Innovation Project on Safe Migration....................................6
3.1. Introduction......................................................................6
3.2. Problem Statement...........................................................6
3.3. Geographical Coverage & Demographics.........................7
3.4. Objectives.........................................................................7
3.5. Implementation Strategy..................................................7
3.6. Description of Activities....................................................8
3.7. Expected Outcomes.......................................................11
3.8. Work Plan.......................................................................12
3.9. Sustainability Plan..........................................................13

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List of Abbreviation
AIDS

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

BMET

Bureau of Manpower , Employment and Training

BOMSA

Bangladeshi Ovhibashi Mohila Sramik Association

CBO

Community Based Organization

HIV

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

ICT

Information & Communications Technology

IOM

International Organization for Migration

MRC

Migration Resource Center

NGO

Non-Governmental Organization

OECD

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

RMMRU

Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit

SHG

Self Help Group

SME

Small & Medium-sized Enterprises

TVET

Technical Vocational Education & Training

UN

United Nations

VTC

Vocational Training Center

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1. Organization Profile
Evolution: Socio-economic development of the urban poor has been a much talked about area
demanding constant intervention. Due to the resource constraints of the Government parallel with
the ever-increasing urban poor population in an awe-inspiring rapidity alternative source of
assistance has been practically indispensable for long. Since late 1980s the NGOs have been in
the field, for quite some time, providing independent organizational support to the urban poor
supplementing governmental efforts. At one stage there had been a growing realization that a
collective venture in the area by all the NGOs would be far more effective. For such projected
interventional program a sort of coalition/network organization was eventually envisaged. Thus the
Coalition for the Urban Poor (CUP) was founded in 1989.
Legal Status: CUP obtained its registered with the NGO Affairs Bureau on April 18, 2000 vide
Reg. No 1502 date 18.04.2004 which has been renewed up to 18/04/2016.
Vision: A productive, just and environmentally sound urban society conducive to the development
and empowerment of the urban poor, particularly the urban slum dwellers.
Mission: Promoting, coordinating, activating and facilitating the activities of NGOs working for the
sustainable development of the urban poor in the major cities of the country through capacity
building, resource mobilization, networking, lobbying, research, evaluation, impact study and policy
advocacy in order to ensure and protect the civic and political rights of the urban poor, especially of
the slum dwellers.
Geographical Coverage: CUP has the mandate as per the constitution to work all over the urban
areas of the country with special intervention in the greater Dhaka City.
Strategic Interventions: CUPs activities are reflected in the under noted eight major heads of
interventions: 1) Advocacy and Public Policy 2) Training and Capacity Building 3) Information, MIS,
Research and Documentation 4) Coordination and Cooperation 5) Linkage Development and
Resource Mobilization 6) Management and Institutional development 7) Urban poor CBO platform
and 8) Mass awareness and actions for ensuring civic rights & amenities
CUP as an Important Stakeholder: CUP has already been recognized by various national and
global stakeholders as focal point of NGOs working for the improvement of the living standard of
slum dwellers. Some notable instances of collaboration are as follows:
CUP participated in the Participatory Technical Assistance (PTA) for the Urban Poverty
Reduction Project (UPRP) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
CUP participated in the Country Assistant Strategy Formulation Process (CAS) of the World
Bank.
CUP Chairperson is a member of the Committee on rehabilitation of the rootless slum
dwellers and low-income people in the multistoried houses built on government-owned land
in Dhaka City. It is a high-powered steering committee set up by the government.
Experience: Major accomplishment of project for the last 10 years
Project
Service provided
Title: Urban poor participation in good
Awareness raising, Skill development,
governance
Entrepreneurship support, Organize Community
Location: All cities
based organizations, Monitoring , Policy
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Donor: Cordaid, Netherlands

Title: Urban poor participation in good
governance
Location: All cities
Donor: Member Organizations/CBOs
Title: Water & Sanitation Rehabilitation
support to the Flood affected Slum
Location: Dhaka City
Donor: UNICEF
Title: Tracer study
Location: Dhaka City
Donor: CUP Partner Organisations
Title: Towards Strengthening on Urban
Poor Re-strengthening BURT.
Location: Dhaka City.
Donor: CARE, Bangladesh
Title: Amrao Manush
( a project for ensuring the rights of the
pavement dwellers)
Location: Dhaka City
Donor: Concern Worldwide
Title: Inclusive City Project
( a project for ensuring the rights &
civic amenities of the Homebased
Workers)
Location: Dhaka City,
Donor: Homenet South Asia Trust

advocacy for conservation of slum peoples

rights, voting rights etc.
Community based awareness raising, CBO
development, Policy mobilization, Network
development and advocacy for ensuring slum
dwellers basic services rights & civic rights etc.
Awareness raising on Hygiene, garbage
management awareness , promotion, Installation
of water seal latrine, Deep tube well and linking
water point Skill development on maintenance of
latrine & tube well, etc.
Selecting victim/ affected slum dwellers people
affected by cannel regaining project by DWASA
Pro-urban poor Policy advocacy, Donor round
table conference on urban poverty issues,
Position paper publication for policy advocacy,
Policy Advocacy and Dialogue, Mass Awareness,
CBO Mobilization, BCC Material development,
Partners act ivies Monitoring on Pavement
dwellers development & rights issues etc. Jointly
implemented with DSCC
Mobilizing homebased workers, Capacity &
network building, ensuring civic amenities,
especially water sanitation, hygiene, health, etc
with collaboration of GO & NGO.

2. CUPs Strengths
The organizations successful ongoing projects with the poor and disadvantaged and previous
success in such programs demonstrate its credibility and dependability. We have experience in a
variety of projects ranging from human rights, women rights, child rights to legal aid, education
program, computer training program, poultry & dairy program, etc. It is worth noting that all our
trainings are conducted in our own Vocational Training Centers (VTC).
Having successfully undertaken so many different projects, we believe we have the knowledge,
confidence and drive to effectively implement strategies and undertake this safe migration project,
with one clear goal in mind, and that is to achieve concrete results.

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3. Innovation Project on Safe Migration

3.1. Introduction
Today, an estimated 86 million people globally are working in a country other than that of their birth.
From Bangladesh alone around 8.5 million migrants are estimated to be working in over 150
different countries based on 2013 government figures. In 2014, 875,055 migrant workers (95.5
percent men) found employment abroad. A cumulative USD 130.03 billion has been sent to the
country by migrant Bangladeshis as remittances since 1976. Despite the efforts made to ensure
the protection of migrant workers, many migrants continue to experience numerous problems
particularly more vulnerable groups, such as female domestic workers, entertainers and lower
skilled workers. Currently our organization is actively working in various parts of Bangladesh to
resolve the challenges faced by migrant workers and promote safe migration.
Organized and well managed labour migration has enormous potential for Governments,
communities, migrants, employers and other stakeholders in countries of origin and destination.
While job creation at home is the first best option, an increasing number of countries see
international labour migration as an integral part of national development and employment
strategies by taking advantage of global employment opportunities and bringing in foreign
exchange.

3.2. Problem Statement

Pre-migration stage:
Absence of Safe migration information at migrants door step
Day dream trap viewed by the migration middlemen in the community;
Lack of Safe migration awareness among the mass community;
Insufficient professional and personal skill enhancement initiatives for the migrants in the
community;
Inadequate involvement of Local government and Local administration for the support
services of migrant workers;
Centralized recruitment services;
Forgery of middlemen and the staffs involved with recruitment process;
Insufficient financial services for migrants at grass root;
Lack of pro-migrant legal and policy supports in country of origin.
Post-migration Stage:
All migrants become vulnerable due to less or no orientation regarding the destination
country culture and jobs they ought to do. Maximum potential migrants face fraudulence of
broker-recruiting agent nexus and become bonded for the contract they sign unknowingly or
sometimes forcibly by the brokers connected with the employers in host countries;
lack of Profit-loss calculation of the migration duration;
Becoming irregular/illegal to meet the exorbitant migration cost they had to pay for adopting
unplanned migration; absence or lack of Bangladesh mission services in the destination
countries;
Insufficient rights based supports and services in the destination countries;
lack of appropriate skill and capacity for skilled jobs;
women migrants face more vulnerability due to unknowingness of working language,
personal and life skill to attend employers as domestic worker;
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Return-stage:
Migrants who have experienced return with failure face social, economic and psychological
constraints in the country of origin.
Loss of dwelling place due to nonmonetary return from migration what was adopted selling
dwelling land.
Especially women migrants face double trouble. One: If they fail to bring better monetary
return, they are to face humiliation from family members, community and society; on the
other hand, if they earn more in short duration, society stares at her with suspicion and treat
them as bad women earn by evil ways. There is no effective mechanism in the country for
the returnee migrants reintegration and rehabilitation.
Lack of sufficient skills for productive use of remittances.

3.3. Geographical Coverage & Demographics

To resolve the aforementioned problems, we would like to work in Dakshinkahan which is located
near Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. As of now, we have been working with the
poor and disadvantaged people of the area, and with BRACs assistance, would now like to
expand our activities and work with potential migrant workers. This is because, in our years of
operation, we have found it to be a high migrant prone area.
Dakshinkhan is one of the most densely populated areas in the country with 272780 people living
in a small area of 11.08 sq km. Males constitute 53% of the population, and females 47%. As of
2014, Dakshinkhan has an average literacy rate of 69% which is line with Bangladeshs national
literacy rate of 67%. It is an interesting fact worth noting that although Daksinkhan has been listed
as an upazila in BRACs list of upazilas, it is not; its in fact a thana under Tejgaon Development
Circle and has only one union with 8 mouzas.
Half the population of the area is migrants from several different districts in the country, with the
majority from Tangail and Mymensingh. Over the years, this population in particular has also
shown a high tendency to migrate abroad for employment. Other factors that play significant roles
in making this area high migrant prone include its close proximity to the airport and BMET facilities,
and the rapid growth of numerous private Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
center and manpower agencies in the area.

3.4. Objectives
1. Promote information and services related to safe migration in the targeted migrant
communities for mass awareness and assistance in migration process for potential migrant
workers particularly women migrants.
2. Provide pre-departure services and training/ orientation to the departing migrant workers to
ensure safe migration and protection of their legal rights.
3. Capacity building of migrant workers and their families to promote self-sustainability.
4. Provide support and assistance to the returnee migrant workers particularly women

3.5. Implementation Strategy

The projects aim is to make migration for foreign employment safer and more beneficial for
migrants. It will provide interested women and men with accurate and relevant information at the
upazila level (through Migration Information Centers) so that they can make informed decisions
about labour migration (or non-migration) and to protect themselves against fraud and exploitation.
The project prevents the potential migrants from fraud and cheating by providing right information
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and it also rehabilitates the exploited migrants by providing legal support for both men and women
and psychosocial, medical and short term shelter support for women.
It should be noted that CBOs will play the principal role in the successful implementation of the
project and will be responsible for the majorities of its activities. CUPs role will be that of a
facilitator and it will also provide the CBOs with technical assistance. The CBOs and CUP will work
together during every stage of the project starting from its needs assessment to planning and
implementation of all project activities. The project will be carried out by participatory approach by
bringing together key stakeholders which include CUP, CBO representatives, Thana and Union
Parishad Officials, BMET, local TVET centers, manpower agencies, legal aid organizations and
other local NGOs.

3.6. Description of Activities

Establishment of CBOs: CBOs will be ideally formed with a group of potential migrants, returnee
migrants and migrant worker family members for collective strength to claim rights and access
services. There will be a CBO per mouza, i.e. a total of 8 CBOs. Ideally CBOs will be expected to
act as Self Help group (SHG).
Establishment of (Migration Resource Center) MRC: CUP will form a Migration Resource
Centre MRC in the thana of Dakshinkhan. Its executive body will consist of 9 members - 8 CBO
members (one from each CBO) and a CUP representative. To begin with the MRC will form a list
of migrant workers and potential migrant workers via survey and voluntary registrations. Our
counsellors at the MRC will provide necessary information to migrant workers, potential migrant
workers and their family members about safe migration. Our counselors will be equipped with
audio, video facilities and reference materials. There will be a total of 4 counselors; each of them
responsible for 2 mouzas.
The center will also provide communication services to the migrant workers and their families,
whereby they will be able to access services such as the telephone and video calling. A small fee
will be applicable for these services. More detail on that can be found in the financial proposal. To
be precise, the MRC will be the hub for all our project activities ranging from pre-departure
orientation to all kinds of training and employment services, i.e. it will be the first point of contact for
the migrants and their families for all our services.
Awareness Raising: Awareness campaign and information dissemination will be two major
contributors towards establishment of migrant workers and their families. These will facilitate their
self-employment initiatives. A continuous basis program will be adopted to implement the following
activities in particular:

Production and distribution of Leaflets, Posters, Information-booklets, etc.

Production and screening of short documentary film and awareness through radio.
Rally, convention & counseling workshops on various aspects of safe migration including
proper utilization of remittances.
Convention on safe migration and experience sharing meeting, particularly for women,
attended and conducted by women, as women are the most vulnerable to discrimination,
exploitation and abuse.
Popular Theatre group formation, stage drama and folk cultural shows which the migrant
workers and their families can relate to.
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Pre-departure orientation: The orientation programme will be module based and it will be
developed by CUP with contributions and inputs from local CBOs as they are better acquainted
with the needs of migrant workers in Dakshinkhan. We will charge a small fee of Tk. 250 from each
potential male migrant while female migrants will be reimbursed by CUP. Based on available data
and our capacity, we will provide orientation to approximately 3000 potential migrants.
Approximately 2700 will be male; although only 4.5% of the migrant workers from Bangladesh last
year were female, we will make a conscious effort to push that figure to 10% in Dakshinkhan by
providing orientation to at least 300 female migrant workers. It will be carried out by forming
country-specific migrant groups and comprise the following elements:

ILO Convention & Foreign Employment Law of Bangladesh.

The geography, culture, lifestyle and the economic, social and political context of the
destination country.
Information about our support networks in the destination country, who they can contact,
should they encounter any problems.
Language of the destination country.
HIV/AIDS, communicable diseases and sexual and reproductive health.
Occupational safety and health.
Easy and safe travel/Immigration and customs procedures
Employment contract, i.e. the rights and responsibilities of overseas Bangladeshi workers
and what to do in case of contract violation.
Raising Awareness of issues such as fraudulent agents, and human and drug trafficking.

Capacity building of migrant workers and their families: CUP will utilize its existing training
facility, CUP partners and other NGO facilities in Dakshinkhan to train and certify the migrant
workers as per the specifications of the clients abroad, i.e. the training will be sector specific, e.g.
nurse, driver, house keeper, builder, carpenters, mechanics, etc. A small token fee of Tk. 300 will
be charged from the workers (per training/service). We will make a conscious effort ensure that the
quality of training meets international standards and help secure placement for candidates on
successful completion. Should the number of migrant workers exceed beyond our capacity, we
would forward them to the relevant government department, BMET where they can receive training
free of charge, and other existing private TVET institutes for subsidized price.
As far as the families of the migrant workers are concerned, they will be provided a variety of
services based on his/her current level of education and set of skills. They will also be charged Tk.
300 per training/service. IOM and RMMRU have conducted two separate surveys on Remittance
Receiving Families to draw their Socio-Economic Profiles. Studies showed that the majority of the
remittance receiving families is joint families with an average size of six persons. So family based
projects on agricultural farming will be suitable for migrant families. Empowerment of the migrant
worker families may be possible through ensuring appropriate social and economic re-integration.
This will be ensured through the following services, as per the migrant and their families interest
and eligibility (Tk. 300 payable for each of the following services):

Liaison with Investment opportunities in the country at various levels.

Counseling on investment opportunities.
Arrangement of loan from banks for SME initiatives.
Entrepreneurship Development Training.
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Basic Training in technically employable trades.

Refresher training of semi-skilled level of workers to upgrade their skill.
Assisting in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) project.

Note: An estimated 3000 migrant workers and family members will receive at least one of these
services, (training, counseling, loan, etc.). As mentioned before, a registration fee of Tk.
300/migrant is applicable for each service. Based on our capacity, we should be able to secure
placement for 1000 migrant workers. A commission of Tk. 1500 per migrant will be charged from
the employers.
We would also make a conscious effort to improve and secure the lives of the children, with the
focus of improving the quality of our future workforce and this can only be done by substantially
adding to the education, training and grooming capacities and capabilities. At the pre-primary,
primary and secondary level, we will reach out to those students from poor communities who do
not have access to education and ensure quality education and training in an attempt to build a
highly skilled migrant workforce for the future.
Financial Education for migrant workers and their families: The lack of financial know-how and
skills to budget may lead to higher risks of indebtedness, labour exploitation and overall
unproductive use of remittances at all stages of the migration cycle by migrant workers and in their
home communities. Financial education will introduce concepts of money and ways to manage it
well. The training package will be designed to teach (prospective) migrant workers and their
families about money and how to use it wisely. It will offer the opportunity to learn skills related to
earning, spending, budgeting, saving, borrowing and ways to make the most of ones resources. It
aims to remedy the low levels of education and the unequal power relations that often exist
between women and men, and the younger and older generations in the a poor and disadvantaged
area like Dakshinkhan. It should be noted that will remain a free service for the entire length of the
project.
Migrant workers need knowledge and skills not only to manage their day-to-day expenses, but to
meet their needs throughout their life-cycle education, marriage, children and income security
when they become old or sick. They need knowledge and skills to use financial services saving,
borrowing and insurance that can help them reduce vulnerability and build assets. The training
package will also ensure that potential migrant workers have adequate knowledge of simple, safe
and easy ways for the repatriation of earnings made abroad.
Support and assistance to the returnee migrant workers, particularly women: Our first step
would be to prepare a database of the returnee migrants. This database will be based on the data
collected during our survey and registration of willing returnee migrant workers in Dakshinkhan.
The registration process is to be conducted by our counselors at our MRC. After completion of
registration the list of migrant workers returned from different countries will be sorted on the basis
of basic educational qualification and profession. It is planned to organize following services to the
returnee migrants as per their choice:

Educate the returned migrants on utilization of their remittances and savings with productive
investment.
Counseling will be arranged on investment opportunities.
Entrepreneurship development training will be provided.
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Arrangement of training in different employable trades.

Arrangement of re-migration
Legal aid for returnees who have been victims of violence, exploitation, trafficking,
prostitution, etc.
A section of women migrants face some traumatic problems during their stay abroad. The
women returnee migrants will be assisted for rehabilitation in the society economically, who
had experienced physical or psychological stress at the work place. This is will done in
collaboration with BOMSA via counseling and workshops/seminars.

Note: Tk. 400 is payable for each service mentioned above and approximately 500 migrants will
receive at least one of these services.
Report & Documentation: On the first of every month, the counselors will submit monthly
program schedule to the project coordinator and will work accordingly in their respective mouzas.
They will also keep a record of their daily work and experience. Based on all these information, the
counselors will prepare their respective monthly reports which will then be submitted to the project
coordinator for review. The project coordinator will then compile the information on these reports to
prepare a single monthly report for the entire thana of Dakshinkhan. Copies of this report will be
submitted to CUPs Executive Director and BRAC for review. In addition, to evaluate the impact of
this project, a migrant workers survey will be carried out every 3 months. In the last week of every
3 months, the project coordinator himself will visit all of the 8 mouzas to follow up on the activities
of the CBOs and counselors. Based on all his/her findings, the project coordinator will prepare a
quarterly report to be submitted to CUPs Executive Director and BRAC.
Overall Monitoring & Supervision: The counselors duties are not just limited to day to day
management support and training but they will also perform all the supervision and monitoring
tasks as per the requirements of this project. Apart from that, the counselors must also attend
monthly meetings held by the CBOs. They will help with all the arrangements, see to it that the
meetings are conducted according to procedure, take minutes, and will work towards resolving any
local conflicts/issues that may arise in their respective mouzas. Based on the program schedules
of the counselors, the project coordinator will prepare an inspection plan which will be implemented
throughout the project. This inspection plan will cover all aspects of the project including trainings
and orientations. Every week, the project coordinator will also attend at least one CBO meeting;
should he/she have any concerns, he/she will propose potential solutions and offer technical
advice. He/she will also arrange a quarterly central coordination meeting with the Executive
Director of CUP, CUP partner organizations, CBO representatives, BRAC, Thana and Union
Parishad Officials, BMET, local TVET centers, manpower agencies, legal aid organizations and
other local NGOs.

3.7. Expected Outcomes

Migrants will make more informed choices about life goals ways to achieve them through
migration.
Will be aware of all the procedures, as well as risks (fraud, violence, trafficking, etc.)
involved in migration which will hence promote overall safety of migrant workers, particularly
women.
Migrants will now have adequate knowledge and information about their destination
countries (i.e. their language, law, diseases, culture, etc.) which will promote their
integration in their new workplace and society.
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Capacity building of migrant workers will improve the skills and overall quality of the
workforce which will eventually help them penetrate a more lucrative market in destination
countries.
Capacity building of migrant worker families will lead to more productive use of remittance
as they will now have access to numerous training courses and a variety of investment
opportunities. Their newly acquired skills will also promote self-sustainability.
Quality education of the migrant children will help build a highly skilled future workforce
which may enable us to penetrate extremely lucrative markets in OECD countries, should
they also choose to migrate.
Financial education will increase their ability to manage remittance, their confidence and
their readiness for the challenges and opportunities that migration may lead to.
Enable men and women alike to set and achieve short- and long-term financial goals at the
destination and in the home community.
The returnee migrants will now have a variety of training courses and investment
opportunities at their disposal which in turn enable them to make more productive decisions,
not only for themselves but their families.
The rehabilitation of women migrant workers who have been deceived or have had
traumatic experiences will result in their reintegration into the society and workplace.

3.8. Work Plan

Innovation Project on Safe Migration

Period: 12 months

Activity
1

Month
7
8

10

11

12

Preparatory Work:
Planning & Staff Orientation
CBO Formation
MRC Formation
Awareness Raising:
Poster, Leaflet, Sticker, Design & Printing.
Theme Song Development
Documentary Film Procurement
Awareness Raising Events
Pre-employment/Pre-departure Orientation:
Orientation for migrant workers
Capacity Building of Migrant Workers and their
families:
Technical & Vocational Training for migrant workers
Skill Training for migrant workers families
Financial Education for migrant workers and their
families:
Support and assistance to the returnee migrant
workers particularly women:

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Report & Documentation:

Overall Monitoring & Supervision:

3.9. Sustainability Plan

As mentioned earlier in the proposal, CUP will carry out this project by forming a MRC and 8
CBOs; this will therefore make it easier for us to conduct the community and local-level activities,
such as awareness raising, social development, training, etc. which are required for the successful
implementation of this project.
Our model is extremely simple, yet efficient and can easily be replicated in various parts of the
country. To begin with, the materials we would be using, such as documentary films and other
printed information can be easily replicated and used across the country.
We will develop our CBOs on a self-sustaining basis as we have done in the past. Our experience
of evaluation of previous projects is that CBOs are the basic building blocks of such projects;
sustainability rests on the foundation of solid groups. Many projects have shown a continuing
dependence on counselors/group organizers, who are the motivators, mobilizers and trainers of
the groups. This dependence has been found to continue for 1-2 years after the project has
commenced; hence, sustainability also relies on the counselors continuing to be available to the
CBOs; fortunately we have a group of exceptionally committed individuals who have been with us
for years. We have also noticed that after a certain period of time, the CBOs become self-reliant
once strong relationships have been established. Therefore, even after the project is completed, its
activities continue, which also promotes replicability. This mostly happens because of the following
two reasons 1. Other non-government agencies (NGOs) taking over the functions on a continuing
basis; 2. the functions being performed by an already existing cadre of extension workers, who will
continue regardless of project closure.
In recent times, the government of Bangladesh has also been actively working to promote safe
migration and are hence, extremely supportive towards such projects because it realizes that there
is a surplus of manpower with a combination of professional, skilled, semi-skilled and less-skilled
labour force. Not only does it recognize the benefits of migration and remittance, such as reduced
unemployment and economic development of the country, but it also recognizes the risks involved
in the process of migration in a country like Bangladesh. It is continuously devising effective
mechanisms to implement safe migration, one such example amongst many is the digitization of
the migration systems whereby a computer database has been developed to stop the fraudulent
activities in the process of migration. Considering all these factors, it can be expected that the
government will acknowledge the potential of this project and work in collaboration with us to
further improve it and thus promote its sustainability.
In addition, International agencies like the United Nations (UN) and its related organizations along
with the World Bank have also been emphasizing the need to better the migration management
system to make it safer and more reliable. They already have ongoing projects on safe migration
on Bangladesh which are rapidly expanding, and the expansion is such that it is very likely some
the effective features of our project will be incorporated into other safe migration programmes
across the country.

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