, May 8 -- Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury has called for stronger international cooperation to curb irregular migration and ensure the protection of migrant workers' rights, fair recruitment practices, decent working conditions and fair wages.

He made the call while speaking at the General Debate of the Second International Migration Review Forum at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Thursday.

The minister said Bangladesh is strengthening accountability mechanisms and expanding migrants' access to justice through a "whole-of-government" and "whole-of-society" approach, according to a statement issued by the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations.

He noted that the...