Bangladesh, UK hold talks on migration, skilled workforce cooperation

Prime Minister’s Advisor on Education and Primary and Mass Education, Mahdi Amin held a meeting with UK Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum Alex Norris MP at the British Home Office on Tuesday (19 May).

Bangladesh’s Acting High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr M Nazrul Islam, and British Deputy High Commissioner in Dhaka James Goldman were also present during the meeting.

The discussions covered a range of issues relating to Bangladesh-UK relations, including enhancing people-to-people connections and maintaining transparent and open dialogue on migration cooperation and “brain exchange”.

Both sides also discussed employment opportunities for Bangladeshi professionals in the UK under fixed-term arrangements, as well as areas of mutual benefit within Britain’s evolving economic migration framework.

The meeting reflected continued engagement between Dhaka and London on migration management, workforce mobility and broader bilateral cooperation.