Twenty more Bangladeshi migrants, who had been stranded in the Mediterranean Sea off the Tunisian coast of Zargis for some three weeks, returned home yesterday afternoon.

Jumman Hawlader had turned 19 when his family began to expect some contribution from him. And a year later, he got lost in the Mediterranean on way to Europe. With all dreams shattered, they have now plunged into a cycle of poverty.

Bangladesh Ambassador to Libya Sheikh Sekander Ali made a journey on the Mediterranean Sea, around 10 kilometres off the Tunisian coast of Zarzis, to convince 64 Bangladeshi migrants to return to Bangladesh.

Around 60 migrants, mostly from Bangladesh, died after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea on the way to Italy from Libya Thursday night, the Tunisian Red Crescent said yesterday.