Calling for rehabilitation of the expatriates who returned home after being tortured during the anti-discrimination student movement, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General and former MP Professor Mia Golam Porwar issued the following statement on February 3.

“In July 2024, Bangladeshi expatriates living in different countries of the world held programs in solidarity with the anti-discrimination student movement. They played a role in uniting the expatriates by writing and expressing their own opinions on social media. Expatriates living in the Middle East, especially the United Arab Emirates, held various programs, including large processions, in support of the anti-discrimination student movement. At one point, they took initiative to stop remittances in order to put pressure on the then government. Many expatriates who were protesting were subsequently arrested and sentenced for treason. In other countries, including the United Arab Emirates, Awami League's allies began to harass those involved in the anti-dictatorship movement in various ways, and many of them were arrested and sentenced to various terms.

He also said that after the fall of the dictatorship, through the personal initiative of Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the chief advisor to the interim government, several hundred expatriates were freed and able to return to Bangladesh. All these expatriates have suffered huge economic losses. Their movement strengthens the anti-dictatorship movement at home and abroad. Since they have suffered due to the movement, it is necessary for the government to take effective initiatives to overcome their economic losses.

He said, "We are calling on the government to provide assistance to those who want to go abroad for doing jobs, and also to provide financial assistance to those who want to do business in the country and also to take effective initiatives to rehabilitate the elderly by bringing them under various government allowances."