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المقال

21 مارس 2021

الكاتب:
The Daily Star

Migrant workers caught up in Lebanon’s economic crisis

We are disheartened to learn of the plight of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Lebanon, as they struggle to survive amidst the Middle Eastern country's own financial (liquidity) crisis. The Lebanese currency (lira) has been depreciating rapidly in recent times, reaching a point where its value was nearly 10,000 to one US dollar on the black market on March 2 (according to the AFP news agency), while the official fixed rate recently shifted from being 1,507 lira per US dollar to 3,900 lira per US dollar. The restrictions imposed by banks on withdrawals of money and on transfers of Lebanese pounds to US dollars have only worsened the situation for the Bangladeshi migrant workers.

{....} It is a matter of moral responsibility for the government to help our financially struggling and stranded citizens in Lebanon and other countries recover as much as possible, after they have helped the economy flourish for years with their hard work and sacrifice.