Dhaka: A total of 41 Bangladeshis, earlier trafficked into Thailand by sea, will arrive in Dhaka on Wednesday evening.

A flight of Biman Bangladesh airlines BG carrying them will land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at about 7:30pm, said an official.

Among the smuggling victims, 13 are residents from Cox’s Bazar, six from Jhenidah, five each from Narsingdi and Sirajganj, four from Satkhira, three from Magura, two each from Jessore and Bandarban, and one from Faridpur districts.

As a special measure and follow-up to Bangladesh’s commitment made at the Bangkok Meeting on 29 May  last, the repatriation of the 41 detained Bangladeshis are being fully sponsored by the government of Bangladesh, which includes airfare, transportation from Suan Plu Immigration Detention Centre, Bangkok to Suvarnabhumi Airport and other expenses.

The Bangladesh Embassy in Bangkok with the active support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Home Affairs of Bangladesh and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand and Thai Immigration Bureau has so far repatriated 919 Bangladeshi nationals trafficked into Thailand since late 2013.

The Embassy has also repatriated 80 Bangladeshis since the discovery of mass grave along the Thailand-Malaysia border on 1 May, 2015.