Libya Crisis: Evacuate Bangladeshis faster: BNP

Libya Crisis: Evacuate Bangladeshis faster: BNP


Dhaka: Accusing the government of its failure to bring back the Bangladeshis stranded in Libya, BNP has demanded quicker steps for their evacuation.

Senior joint secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the demand at a human-chain programme in front of the foreign ministry in the city on Thursday.

"I don't think that the government steps taken in this regard are enough," he said.

National Youth Forum and International Migration Foundation organised the programme to push for their demand that the Bangladeshis who are stranded in Libya due to anti-government protests be brought back home faster.

The BNP leader expressed his party's solidarity with the two organisations and urged the government to take quicker and more effective steps in this regard.

The popular uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, who has been at the helm of Libya for over four-decades, has turned into an international crisis. The people of the North African country have been agitating since Feb 16, demanding resignation of Gaddafi.

Over 50,000 Bangladeshi expatriates live in Libya, including 3,000 in the raging Benghazi city alone.

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