More than 100 Bangladeshi female migrants along with 45 male workers, living in a Saudi Arabian shelters were reported to have returned via evening flights on 26 August 2019 to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Bangladesh, after facing alleged abuse at the hands of their employers. According to the workers testimony, their Saudi Arabian employers put them through psychological, physical and sometimes even sexual harassment. Brac, an international development organization in Bangladesh reported that year 2019 witnessed the return of at least 900 female migrants from Saudi Arabia, a number which was higher the year before, i.e. more than 1300 in 2018.