Syrian refugees show up Maldives’ immigration failings
07 Nov 2013, 7:14 PM
Daniel Bosley
Rising numbers of refugees seeking to use the Maldives as a transit point has laid bare the country’s need to review its immigration procedures, says the Human Rights Commission of Maldives (HRCM).
“The government needs to bring policies into line with human rights conventions,” said HRCM member Jeehan Mahmood.
“The current procedures do not ensure the refugee’s safety – this is not correct, this is not right. The government needs to review and re-visit procedures to ensure its actions to not violate human rights.”
The most recent example of the government’s inconsistent approach to the issue involved a Syrian Palestinian man named Ubaid* who travelled with his family from Dubai, arriving in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
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