What is Operation Kurangi?

The data collection of migrant worker has raised concerns.

Immigration under fire for deporting suspects without investigation

No Maldivian has been convicted of human trafficking to date.

Immigration stopped 11 ‘imposters’ with fake passports

The identity fraud was detected by border control officers.

67 employers of foreign workers under investigation

The economic ministry has taken over issuing quotas and granting employment approvals.

Number of illegal migrants estimated at 63,000

Quotas were issued illegally under the previous government, the new immigration controller told the press.

Maldives says thousands of visas granted for Indian workers

Indian media reported that visas were being rejected by the Maldives because of worsening ties.

State witnesses testify in favour of trafficking suspects

State witnesses testify in favour of human trafficking suspects said to have brought large numbers of migrants to the country by submitting fraudulent documents to the immigration department.

Detained US citizen deported for 10 years

The immigration department was planning to deport the 76-year-old on February 10 over the lack of a passport or valid work visa when a court order was issued to halt the deportation until the cases are concluded.

Faris Maumoon barred from travelling overseas

Faris was stopped at the Velana International Airport’s immigration checkpoint Sunday morning after he checked in to fly to Bangalore, India to visit a sick relative.

Foreign journalists invited by government held up at airport

Three foreign journalists who arrived last Tuesday on an invitation from the government were threatened with deportation for seeking to enter the country without undergoing a mandatory vetting process.

MVR450,000 stolen from Immigration

A police spokesman said the money was stolen from visa fee deposit drawers at the department’s counters during lunch break.

Government widens age range for foreign domestic servants

The immigration department has widened the age range for foreign domestic servants, drivers and attendants to between 23 and 58 years of age.

Police and immigration team up on human-trafficking, Maldivian Jihadists

The police and the Immigration Department are boosting information sharing to tackle chronic problems of human trafficking, the outflow of Maldivians Jihadists and document forgery.

Police dogs to be used at airport and seaports

Two immigration officers and Afrasheem murder suspect among group of twelve jihadis

Immigration department discontinues quota for house maids

Law amended to prevent passports being held without court orders

Passports of four men held in connection with Rilwan abduction

Immigration deports 6,400 undocumented workers, holds 159 in detention

Maldives off US State Department trafficking watchlist