5,000 ‘irregular’ migrant workers sent back
Some 5,000 migrant workers have been repatriated this year due to “irregularities” such as expired work visas and lack of valid travel documents.
29 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM
Some 5,000 migrant workers have been repatriated this year due to “irregularities” such as expired work visas and lack of valid travel documents.
The immigration department said in a tweet that of the 5,000 workers, 230 have been deported.
Hassan Khaleel, the department’s spokesperson, told The Maldives Independent that the workers who were sent back to their countries had been under police custody at some point.
They were not illegal or undocumented workers but “irregular” workers, he noted.
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