Despite the stepped up efforts of the government to help the hapless Bangladeshis trapped in Libya, hundreds of workers are stranded at Tripoli International Airport.A number of workers from the airport telephoned UNB Sunday and told the tales of their misery and distress. They are passing days without any food and water.
“We’re hungry for seven days, we’re dying…. Please do something for us,” Habibur Rahman of Kishoreganj said from Tripoli
He said 600-700 workers are stranded at the airport. One official from the Bangladesh embassy in Tripoli
Yasin who works in a Chinese construction farm said mercenaries looted their money, mobile phones everything. Now, they have become pauper. They are simply starving. Yasin said since all roads are closed and no buses or trucks are on the streets, they cannot move towards Egyptian or Tunisian borders which are far away from where they are. Habib who hails from Munshiganj and works in a Chinese company told the same story of their distresses.
News Source: The Independent