Voluntary repatriation program announced for undocumented workers
22 Dec 2013, 7:22 PM
Ahmed Rilwan
The Department of Immigration and Emigration has announced a special repatriation program offering leniency for undocumented migrant workers who wish to return to their home countries voluntarily on their own expenses.
The program is set to begin tomorrow (December 23) and will allow migrant workers to return to the Maldives within six months of departure. However, if workers are deported, they are not allowed to come back to the Maldives for ten years.
According to the Immigration department, the purpose of the new program is to register and regulate undocumented migrant workers.
The likelihood of repatriated workers returning to the Maldives to work illegally will be slim due to increased monitoring, Deputy CEO of Immigration Abdulla Munaz told local newspaper Haveeru
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