The timely repatriation of revenues to their home countries is critical for payment of dollar denominated expenses, according to IATA
He was speaking to reporters after a meeting with visiting Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Beneditto Della Vedova on Thursday.
“Some seasonal workers go to Italy to work. They shift to other European countries later. This was the issue of our discussion today,” Hossain said.
Expatriate Bangladeshis have remitted over $8.72 billion in the first seven months of the current 2014-15 fiscal. They sent $14.22 billion last fiscal.
The expatriates’ welfare ministry is working on a database of Bangladeshis willing to work in six countries. Around 2.2 million Bangladeshis are already registered in the database.
The minister on Tuesday said workers would be chosen from that information bank for being sent abroad.