4,365 Bangladeshis languishing in jails abroad

Of them, 3,012 are in prisons and 1,353 in deportation camps, said State Minister for Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Qamrul Islam, replying to a call attention notice raised by Shahjahan Chowdhury (Jamaat-Chittagong).

The state minister informed the House of the government's efforts to extend legal support to the detained Bangladeshis.

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The assistance is given through Bangladesh missions where there is one and in absence of such a mission, the support is given through IOMF, he said.