Lebanon: Missing and injured Bangladeshi workers allege abandonment by Embassy as Israel's bombardment escalates
" Several Bangladeshis missing, hurt in Lebanon", 24 September 2024
Several Bangladesh nationals living in Lebanon reportedly remained missing while many others became injured as Israel continued attacks on the East Asian country that killed hundreds of people and compelled millions to flee their homes amid air strikes that were intensified since September 23.
The panicked migrants who left the high-risk zones and took shelter on roads, mosques, makeshift centres, and other open spaces were passing inhuman life amid the crisis for food and drinking water.
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Stranded migrants complained that they were not getting any support from the Bangladesh embassy in Beirut though the embassy, in an emergency notice, asked them to contact over the phone.
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He said that at least five critically injured Bangladeshi workers were undergoing treatment at a local hospital though taking treatment in Lebanon was a challenging issue now.
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Migrant workers said that there was no report of the death of Bangladeshi migrants so far.
They alleged that the embassy in Beirut remained uncaring about the humanitarian crisis of the migrants.
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They demanded to the embassy to evaluate the situation like some other countries that had already relocated their workers to safe zones.
Neither the Bangladesh ambassador to Lebanon nor the first secretary (labour) there could be reached for comments over the telephone.
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The embassy opened emergency phone numbers and asked Bangladeshi migrants to call for support.
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The migrants, however, alleged that nobody in the embassy responded to their calls over the telephone.