Migrants and COVID-19 Pandemic: An Empirical Analysis of Three Villages in Feni District, Bangladesh

1. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT
NOAKHALI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY
NOAKHALI-3814, BANGLADESH.
Mahamudul Hasan
Session: 2015-2016
Bachelor of Science (Honors) in Environmental Science
WELCOME TO MY PRESENTATION

2. MIGRANTS AND COVID-19 PANDEMIC: AN EMPIRICAL
ANALYSIS OF THREE VILLAGES IN SHARISHADI UNION,
FENI DISTRICT

3. INTRODUCTION

4. INTRODUCTION
❑A novel coronavirus named severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first
identified in a seafood market in Wuhan City, Hubei Province in China, at the end of 2019
(Zhu et al., 2020).
❑ Infecting 133,015,276 people and killing 2,885,894 people (until 7 April 2021;
Worldometer, 2021).
❑In Bangladesh the first confirmed case was found on 8 March 2020 (IEDCR, 2020).
❑COVID-19 is declared as world pandemic on 11 march, 2020 by WHO (Ducharme, 2020).
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5. INTRODUCTION
❑ Labor migration is an important livelihood option for many workers in Bangladesh.
❑ Approximately 10 million migrant workers in various countries
❑ Between January and march 2020, about 0.70 million migrants returned to the country
(BBC 2020)
❑ About 11.53% income of the district Feni came from the rent and remittance
❑ During the pandemic, countless Bangladeshi migrant workers lost their jobs
❑ Such sudden joblessness and income uncertainties eventually affected migrant workers
particularly when their families experienced hunger and impoverishment.
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6. OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY