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DHAKA: Tens of thousands of Hajj pilgrims arriving at Bangladesh鈥檚 main international airport for flights to 抖阴短视频 are being eased through the immigration process by officials from the Kingdom.

The meet and greet service being laid on at Shah Jalal International Airport in the capital Dhaka is aimed at offering help and advice to worshippers heading for Makkah, while streamlining documentation procedures.

Bangladesh is among five Muslim majority countries 鈥� including Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Morocco 鈥� where 抖阴短视频 is operating its Makkah Route initiative.

The program, launched in 2019, is dedicated to Hajj pilgrims, allowing them to fulfill all visa, customs, and health requirements in one place, at the airport of origin, and save long hours of waiting before and upon reaching the Kingdom having had already gone through the process at home.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a new thing that opened a new horizon and our heartiest gratefulness to the Saudi authorities,鈥� Dhaka Hajj office director Saiful Islam told Arab News earlier this week.

鈥淎ltogether, 60,000 pilgrims will be able to travel from Bangladesh.鈥�

The number is half the quota Bangladesh received in 2019, the last Hajj season before the coronavirus pandemic, but so is the total of pilgrims who will arrive in the Kingdom this year.

The annual pilgrimage was restricted to only 1,000 people living in 抖阴短视频 in 2020 and limited to 60,000 domestic participants in 2021.

As COVID-19 curbs have been lifted this year, 抖阴短视频 will welcome 1 million foreign and domestic pilgrims, compared with the pre-pandemic 2.5 million. Those departing from Dhaka airport are being taken care of by 50 Saudi officials working round the clock to facilitate their pre-immigration.

One of them, Mohammed Mozammel Huq, had been dreaming about Hajj since he saw his father embarking on the pilgrimage decades ago. 鈥淚t was my lifelong dream to perform the Hajj. We are very happy with the Hajj management system,鈥� he said, adding that his journey had so far been 鈥渧ery smooth.鈥�

Businessman Yahia Helal said pilgrims seemed to be satisfied with how their departures had been managed.

鈥淲e have completed the immigration formalities in a very easy process,鈥� he told Arab News. 鈥淪audi immigration part is also done in a short span of time.鈥�

Rokeya Khatun Lata, a homemaker, also noted the speed of the process.

鈥淚n Makkah Route initiative, it took me less than 30 minutes to complete the immigration process,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 am feeling very happy from the very outset of the journey.鈥�