DHAKA: Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (pic) Sunday slammed the country's economic migrants, many of whom are stranded in dire conditions at sea, calling them "mentally sick" and accusing them of hurting the country's image.
"There is sufficient work for them, still they are leaving the country in such disastrous ways," Hasina was quoted as saying by the state-run Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha news agency – her first comments on the migrant crisis in Southeast Asia.
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