Around 200,000 Bangladeshis in UAE facing MRP crisis
An estimated 200,000 Bangladeshis in the UAE have to convert their handwritten passports to Machine Readable Passports (MRPs) in the next five months, a top Bangladeshi diplomat has told Gulf News.
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has set a deadline of November 24, 2015 for globally phasing out all passports that are not Machine Readable. From November 25, governments may deny visa or entry to any person travelling with a non-MRP.
[caption id="attachment_17539" align="alignleft" width="300"] A Bangladeshi girl is seen happy with her MRP...