3 bodies of Bangladeshis found off Greece island
Bdnews24.com . Dhaka. 18/3/11
Three more bodies of Bangladeshi workers who went missing while fleeing Libya have been recovered in Souda Bay off the island of Crete in Greece.
The bodies were recovered on Wednesday, said a foreign ministry release on Thursday.
At least 11 Bangladeshis went missing as 50 people jumped into the sea from a ship to Hania in the Crete Island on March 5 to enter Greece without documents.
The release said there were nine more bodies of Bangladeshis in the mortuary of General Hospital of Hania, while two Bangladeshis were still missing.
Meanwhile, a Chinese constructions company, CSCEC, told the government that they had evacuated all Bangladeshis from Bengazi, and they will disburse their salary soon.
According to the latest reports, a total of 25,971 Bangladeshis who were employed in Libya have been repatriated to Bangladesh.
Of these, the repatriation of 3,287 people has been arranged by their employers, while some have returned on their own arrangement and 21,788 under IOM arrangement.
A total of 896 returnees availed of Bangladesh Biman flights.
The number of Bangladeshis at the border point of Al Salloum has come down to 200 as the remaining ones have been repatriated. Only 40 Bangladeshis arrived at Al Salloum on Thursday.
There are now some 5,000 Bangladeshis at Ras Jdir border point of Tunisia.
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