4,510 undocumented Bangladeshis migrated to Europe in 2020: IOM

3 June 2021, 07:11 AM

UPDATED 3 June 2021, 13:50 PM

Migrants from Bangladesh stand at a makeshift camp in the woods as hundreds of them are taking shelter in abandoned buildings near the northwestern town of Velika Kladusa in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This photo was taken on January 12. Photo: Reuters

At least 4,510 undocumented Bangladeshi nationals arrived in Europe by sea and by land in 2020, according to the International Organization for Migration. The Bangladeshi nationals entered through Italy, Malta, Spain, or Greece.

According to the available data from Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Europe, the highest share of Bangladeshi nationals, which remains 92 percent of the total arrivals by land and by sea, was registered in Italy.

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Additionally, 8,844 Bangladeshi nationals were tracked while transiting through the western Balkan countries during the same year.

According to the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training of Bangladesh's Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment, only 21 registered Bangladeshis migrated to the United Kingdom in 2020.

According to the International Migrants Stock 2020 by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), a total of 456,516 Bangladeshi nationals resided in Europe in 2020. Sixty percent of them are male.