. ...At least four Bangladeshi nationals were killed and 21 were injured in the blast, Bangladesh has confirmed. Countries including the Philippines and Pakistan have also lost citizens to the explosion.
...While local security officials admit that many foreign workers in Beirut are now missing and unable to be identified, an aid worker estimates the port explosion has also upended the accomodation of thousands of migrants.
Many migrant domestic workers have been expelled by their employers after the blast, and the aid worker said that as many as 15 to 20 domestic workers now find themselves living in one room.
Lebanon has nearly 250,000 migrant domestic workers who are given the right to work in the country via the kafala system, a common form of sponsorship used across the Middle East.
While workers under Lebanon's Labour Law are guaranteed certain rights, under the kafala system, if an employer ends a contract with a domestic worker - even in cases of abuse - the worker loses their migration status.
Birhanu praised how hours after the blast, hospitals had treated everyone irrespective of their nationality and for free. However, the aid worker said many migrants are unable to continue with the neccessary treatments due to costs.
...Bangladesh's embassy has said it will assist its nationals with repatriation, and earlier... Bangladesh's air force brought home at least 75 workers.