Bangladesh, Aug. 3 -- The call came during a meeting between State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam and Ugochi Daniels, the IOM's Deputy Director General of Operations, in the capital on August 2.

The IOM delegation included Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Iori Kato and Special Adviser Priya Marwah, according to a press release.

During the meeting, the state minister reaffirmed Bangladesh's commitment as a champion country of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), expressing hope that the newly launched National Action Plan (NAP) would provide a coordinated framework for implementing the compact's objectives.

She urged greater collaboration with IOM to expand legal migration opportun...