183 more Bangladeshis return from Lebanon

A total of 183 Bangladeshis stranded in conflict-ridden Lebanon returned home last night with the support of the Foreign Affairs and Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment ministries, Bangladesh mission in Beirut and International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Of these returnees, 151 arrived early Wednesday morning by Sky Vision Airlines flight SVI-5002, a chartered flight funded by the IOM, which landed at 1:00 am at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), said a foreign ministry's press release.

Another 32 Bangladeshis returned just hours earlier by Emirates Airlines flight EK-584, financed by the Bangladesh government, arriving at 11:00 pm on November 5.

This recent repatriation brings the total number of Bangladeshis returnees from Lebanon to 521 by nine flights.

Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Secretary Md Ruhul Amin, Foreign Ministry's Additional Secretary Syed Masud Mahmud Khondaker and IOM representatives received the returnees upon their arrival at the airport.