WARBE Development Foundation strengthens community-led migration governance by mobilizing migrants, returnees, and families into organized platforms for rights advocacy, economic empowerment, and safe reintegration. These community networks play a vital role in promoting safe, orderly, and regular migration across Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Ovibhasi Adhikar Forum (BOAF)
A national platform of 110+ grassroots organizations advocating migrant rights.
What BOAF Does
- Strengthens networking and advocacy at local, national, and international levels.
- Lobbies policymakers for migrant-friendly laws, lower migration costs, and fair recruitment.
- Raises awareness on safe migration and supports victims of fraud.
How BOAF Works
- Structured through a General Committee, Executive Committee, Divisional & District Committees, guided by an Advisory Committee.
- The Secretariat is hosted at WARBE Development Foundation, Dhaka.
- Membership remains open to all organizations committed to migrant welfare.
Bangladesh Parliamentarians’ Caucus on Migration & Development (BDPCMD)
A bipartisan platform of former and current Members of Parliament advocating migrants’ rights. Hosted under WARBE DF’s Secretariat, BDPCMD drives evidence-based reforms and national dialogue on migration and reintegration.
Mission
- Serve as the focal parliamentary group protecting migrants and displaced populations.
- Uphold migrants’ political, social, economic, and cultural rights across the migration cycle.
- Engage nationally, regionally, and internationally on migration governance.
Vision
- Unite MPs across parties for inclusive, rights-based migration.
- Ensure equal protection for migrant workers and vulnerable communities.
- Promote safe and regular migration through stronger laws, policies, and budgets.
Grievance Management Committee (GMC)
Community-level mediation committees active in Cumilla, Narsingdi, and Munshiganj. GMCs handle fraud, contract breaches, trafficking, abuse abroad, GBV, and migration investment disputes. Cases unresolved locally are referred to DEMO, Mobile Court, or judicial authorities.
Objectives
Grievance Receiving Center (GRC)
A centralized grievance facility established in 2017, now operating under DEMO. Operating in coordination with DEMO officials, the GRC ensures higher-level resolution for complex cases involving central recruitment agencies.
What GRC Does
- Receives and mediates cases escalated from GMCs, BOAF members, and CSOs.
- Conducts hearings, provides arbitration, and offers legal aid.
- Handles cases related to fraud, rights violations, unpaid wages, premature return, disability, or death.
Ovibashi Paribar Kallayan Sromojibi Somobai Somiti Ltd.
A cooperative society formed in 2012 to support economic reintegration of returnee migrants. Registered under the national Cooperative Society Act, each unit operates through a General and Executive Committee with full accountability and annual audits.
Purpose
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1Build community-based organizations (CBOs) for safe migration and reintegration.
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2Promote savings, credit, and small business entrepreneurship using remittances productively.
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3Strengthen financial literacy and economic empowerment of migrant families.