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Non-passengers are only allowed to stay outside the Zia International Airport in Dhaka. On payment of 200 Taka (over two days wages for an average worker) they are allowed limited access to the airport terminal. A woman bids farewell to her man from outside the restricted area, as he is about to leave for

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Migrant workers wave to their relatives who stand outside the airport to take a last look. The construction of a new lounge now blocks this view.
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Abdul Malek's family pray outside Zia International Airport, the night before his departure.This area has now become part of the main terminal and non-passengers no longer have access.
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Prince Moosa Bin Shamsher" is a self-proclaimed prince, who claims to have made his money through arms deals with Khashoggi. In practice he runs construction businesses in the Middle East, and is in the manpower business (recruiting agency for migrant workers). He bathes in rose water, wears suits worth thousands of dollars and has diamonds in his shoes worth three million dollars and is said to have private jets. In the mid 90s, he offered a donation of five million pounds to the UK labour party. The 'prince' in his Gulshan home in Dhaka.



 
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