Reintegration The Emerging Issue in Bangladesh’s Migration Governance

Abstract

Reintegration issue has long been a missing link in Bangladesh‟s migration governance. The Covid-19 pandemic has brought the issue in the forefront at both global and national level. The paper aims to examine the reintegration component in existing labour migration  governance of Bangladesh and identify the key areas of intervention for reintegration purpose. It finds that though the  reintegration issue has been overlooked in the country‟s migration governance until the advent of the pandemic, the government has  now taken the issue seriously. The paper shows that various pre-return stages have profound impact on the reintegration outcome. It,  therefore, emphasizes on whole-of-thecycle approach in addressing the reintegration challenges of Bangladesh. For a proper  reintegration it also calls for the whole-of-the-government approach.