Bangladesh Embassy in Rome has confirmed that the repatriation process of seven Bangladesh nationals who met tragic death recently in Italy will start on February 10.
The first flight carrying dead body of one national is scheduled to depart Rome on 10 February, 2022 and will reach Dhaka on 12 February, 2022, a media release from the Ministry of foreign affairs confirmed on Tuesday.
The second flight carrying one national to leave Rome on 11 Febraury, 2022 and is expected to reach Dhaka on 13 February,2022.
Booking has been made for all the remaining dead bodies and detailed information will be available soon, the release said.
Earlier on January 29, Bangladesh embassy in Italy identified seven undocumented Bangladeshi migrants who died on the way to Italy from Libya and asked their families to contact local administrations in Bangladesh.
The deceased were identified as Imran Hossain and Joy Talukdar from West Piarpur, Safayet from Ghatakchar, Zahirul from Mostafapur, and Bappi from Sadar Upazila in Madaripur district, Sazzad from Jamalganj in Sunamganj and Saidul from Bhairab in Kishoreganj, according to a statement issued by the embassy.
The embassy in a notice said that the seven died of hypothermia on a boat from Libya on its way to the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa on January 25.
