Immigration department denies migrant worker fraud
09 Apr 2015, 3:25 PM
The immigration department has denied accusations by the former high commissioner from Bangladesh that its officers are involved in fraud against low-paid migrant workers.
Selina Mohsin, former high commissioner to the Maldives, in an article for the Dhaka Tribune accused staff in the Maldivian immigration department of helping to to defraud migrants from Bangladesh by making false promises of well-paid jobs.
The Department of Immigration and Emigration denied Mohsin’s claims in a press statement yesterday.
The department said: “The institution gives approval to any worker who has been certified for employment abroad – within the limits of its quota and in adherence to its guidelines.”
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