Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus held a meeting with Italy Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at a hotel in New York on Wednesday. Photo: CA Press Wing

NEW YORK, Sept 24, 2025 (BSS) - Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today raised safe migration issue of Bangladeshis during his bilateral meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at a hotel here in the USA.
 
“Safe migration issue was discussed during the chief adviser’s meeting with Italian premier as many Bangladeshi face tragic deaths in Mediterranean Sea while going to Itay,” Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam told a press briefing here.
 
He said human traffickers lured Bangladeshis to go to Italy through sea and in many cases, they fall in tragic incidents. 
 
Alam said Rohingya issue was discussed at their meeting, while the Italian premier said her country would send a high-level delegation to the conference on Rohingya issue to be held in UN headquarters in New York on September 30.
 
He said Prof Yunus urged the Italian prime minister to enhance trade relations with Bangladesh as the Italian premier proposed formation of Italy-Bangladesh business forum.
 
The press secretary said Italy extended its support to the Bangladesh’s democratic transition, while Giorgia Meloni expects that she would visit Bangladesh in December next.