new Rules under this Act is formulated and due attention be paid to address issues concerning migration management, recruitment regulation and registration of the jobseekers. As of now there are 1080 registered recruiting agents in Bangladesh. 28 35 % of the complaints received at NHRCB, from migrant workers related to frauds committed by recruiting agencies. Thus, the Commission strongly recommends to fully and effectively implement all safeguards provided in the OEM Act to ensure that recruitment agencies are streamlined and are held accountable. In 2016, Bangladesh received a total of US$13.6 billion as remittances. As per the MoEWOE website, statistics of Employment and Remittance29 are as follows; Year Oversees Employment Remittance (Million Dollars) Up to 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 166472 757731 555881 425684 409253 1945.64 13,609.77 15270.99 14942.57 13832.13 General Information- Issues 6 and 7 NHRCB has conducted many awareness sessions on human rights including on CMW to various groups. The awareness programmes from 2010 - to date has reached all 64 districts of Bangladesh. Examples include awareness through folk songs reaching out to more than 100,000 persons; TV spots, video documentaries, SMS messages and the NHRC website reaching out to millions of Bangladeshis from all walks of life and through campaigns and awareness programmes reaching out to 15,000 people. Special programmes were held targeting students benefiting 800 students. Training of trainers for 204 Human Rights Defenders representing all communities including minorities were conducted, creating a network human rights monitoring focal points across the country. Several justice sector stakeholders including 160 legal professionals, law enforcing officers (1600), judges (60), journalists (50) were trained. A total number of 10 schools were covered and 2200 students and 97 teachers were trained. Further 60 courtyard sessions on human rights were conducted and village clusters representatives and community facilitators have also been oriented. Around 50 participants from government officials, NGOs and members and staff of NHRC have been trained on Reporting to UN Treaty Bodies. The ANNI30 report on the Performance and Establishment of National Human Rights Institutions in Asia has raised concerns about fast depleting space for CSOs and HRDs to engage in mainstream human rights work. Thus, the report is urging National Human Rights Institutions to provide more opportunities and platforms for CSOs and HRDs to engage and to continue propagating and promoting human rights. 28 Add source http://www.bmet.gov.bd/BMET/raHomeAction http://www.bmet.gov.bd/BMET/stattisticalDataAction# 30 The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), as the Secretariat of the Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI) 29 7