        Provide pre-departure briefing regarding laws, culture, language etc. of concerned country to migrant workers; Provide immigration assistance to the migrant workers at Expatriate Welfare Desk at the airport Provide legal aid to migrant workers; Aid stranded expatriate workers to the country; Provide financial assistance to ailing and injured expatriate workers; Provide financial assistance for burial and repatriation of deceased migrant workers; Provide death compensation at 300,000-taka financial aid to the family of the deceased migrant workers; Scholarship to the children of the migrant workers. Under this fund a total number of 15,420 deceased migrant workers were compensated during the period of 2012 – 2017 (Feb). During this period an average of 55% of the fund under the Wage Earners’ Welfare Board was used to provide grants to the family of deceased migrant workers. The remaining funds were used to provide various other services inducing legal advice and counselling to victimized migrant workers. While appreciating efforts undertaken by WEWB, the Commission notes that undocumented migrant workers should also be covered under these Rules. NHRCB welcomes the adoption of Expatriates’ Welfare and Oversees Employment Policy 2016; to ensure good governance and efficient administration relating to migrant workers’ welfare. The policy takes a human-right based approach and follows the CMW. Further, the policy specifically focusses on safe migration of female workers13. It provides for an increase of female staff at the labour wings14 of foreign missions, provide training and capacity building for staff on protection and safety of female migrant workers, monitoring of workplaces and required legal, counselling, health and financial advice to the female migrant workers. The Commission is pleased to note progressive intentions and would urge authorities to implement these policy guidelines in its letter and spirit. Further, efforts are underway to draft the Expatriates’ Welfare Board law 201715 and NHRCB observes that the draft law attempts to address several lacunas including implementation gaps under the Wage Earners’ Welfare Fund Rules 2002. The draft law provides for an establishment of a pre-departure briefing centre and a welfare desk at the airport to assist migrant workers during departure and arrival, to conduct welfare activities for the migrant workers through Bangladesh foreign missions in the destination countries, to bring back sick, injured and physically disabled migrant workers to Bangladesh and ensure their proper treatment etc. The Commission understand that the Immigration Bill and the Export Processing Zone Labour Bill (referred to as the Labour Bill in the list of issues ) are submitted to the Parliament and awaiting approval. The Labour Bill once enacted, will replace the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) Workers' Welfare and Industrial Relations Act, 2010, and will allow the Workers' Welfare Associations (WWA) in factories located 13 The policy identifies challenges for women migrant workers who take jobs in unregulated low-skilled sectors, such as domestic work etc. This should be addressed and diversified work should be identified for them. Further, the major challenge the female migrant workers fact is lack of information relating to jobs and migration. The policy has proposed a set of guidelines for the improvement of the situation of the female migrant workers, amongst others, to adopt a plan of action through a participatory approach them and for better improvement allocate more gender sensitive budget. 14 Section 2.3.10: to increase financial and human resources leading to the establishment of ‘Labour Welfare Resource Centre’ and thus strengthening the roles and functions of the Labour Wings of the Foreign Missions abroad. 15 http://www.probashi.gov.bd posted 11 January 2017em 3