Migrant workers headed to the Middle East are facing job uncertainty after four airlines suspended flights from Bangladesh to the region. Airfares for other airlines have consequently doubled and, together with more expensive medical tests for workers, are increasing the already high cost of migration. Although the government sets fixed migration costs to the Middle East, workers claim they are being forced to pay three or five times the set amount.

Recruitment agents say that employers in destination countries are threatening to revoke workers visas if they do not arrive in-country on time. Recruitment agents also allege that a group of travel agents are taking advantage of the shortage of flights to increase ticket prices, something denied by a representative for the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry.