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I mostly cover topics related to Bangladesh and South Asia.

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Bangladesh begins relocating Rohingya refugees to remote island Bhasan Char | DW News

Bangladesh begins relocating Rohingya refugees to remote island Bhasan Char | DW News

Authorities in Bangladesh started sending a first group of more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees to an isolated i…

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Rohingya refugees forced into prostitution | DW News

Rohingya refugees forced into prostitution | DW News

Having fled deadly violence two years ago, over a million Rohingya refugees live in sprawling camps in Bangla…

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Bangladeshi migrants in Italy stigmatized over coronavirus certificate scam

Bangladeshi migrants in Italy stigmatized over coronavirus certificate scam

In the aftermath of a coronavirus testing scandal in Dhaka, Bangladeshis living in Rome have reported a chang…

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Bangladeshis in the forests of Bosnia

Bangladeshis in the forests of Bosnia

The boy will hardly be eighteen or nineteen. His innocent face is streaked with weariness. As I fixed my came…

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Can China and Pakistan profit as Bangladesh turns from India? | DW | 30.07.2020

Can China and Pakistan profit as Bangladesh turns from India? | DW | 30.07.2020

India and Bangladesh share vital economic ties, along with a cultural and historic bond that is currently bei…

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Why do Bangladeshis risk their lives to reach Europe?

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By Anwar Ashraf, Arafatul Islam Verified
| InfoMigrants
Thousands of Bangladeshis continue to take a dangerous route through Libya and across the Mediterranean, hoping to reach Italy for work and a better life. This documentary looks at the people behind the journey — the families who invest everything, the networks that profit from their desperation and the survivors who live with the loss of those who didn’t make it.
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Comment s'est développée la route migratoire entre le Bangladesh, la Libye et l'Italie

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By Emma Wallis, Arafatul Islam Verified
| InfoMigrants
Sohrab Hossain est né au Bangladesh et vit en Italie depuis 2012. Comme des dizaines de milliers de migrants bangladais chaque année, cet homme de 35 ans s’est rendu clandestinement en Italie en passant par Dubaï, l'Egypte et la Libye. Issu d'un milieu "pauvre", Sohrab a abandonné l’école avant le lycée pour travailler. Il dit avoir payé près de 400 000 takas bangladais (soit un peu plus de 2 800 euros) à un courtier bangladais pour arriver en Libye, qu’il pensait être sa destination finale.
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Bangladesh-Libya-Italy migration route: 'An adaptive and organized route to Europe'

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By Emma Wallis, Arafatul Islam Verified
| InfoMigrants
Sohrab Hossain was born in Bangladesh and has been living in Italy since 2012. Like tens of thousands of Bangladeshi migrants every year, the now-35-year-old journeyed to Italy via Dubai, Egypt and Libya on an irregular route. He describes himself as coming from a "poor" background, who dropped out after class nine, but was motivated by a desire to work. When Hossain arrived back in 2012, he says he paid a Bangladeshi broker around 400,000 Bangladeshi taka for the journey (around 2,833 euros).
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