Undocumented Workers

Bangladeshi recruiter goes to prison. Maldives Immigration officials he bribed keep their jobs.

No Maldivian has ever been convicted for human trafficking.

Sacked immigration controller detained over migrant extortion scheme

A digest of the weekend's top story.

Bangladeshi caught operating guesthouse with 100 undocumented workers

The unregistered guesthouse was unhygienic and poorly ventilated.

Weekend roundup: Undocumented migrant workers fill up stadium

A roundup of the weekend’s top stories.

Number of illegal migrants estimated at 63,000

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

Undocumented workers denied healthcare

A Bangladeshi man died last week as hospitals refuse to treat expatriates without passports or work permits.

Man arrested on suspicion of ‘torturing’ Bangladeshi worker

“The Bangladeshi man came to the police station and complained that he was being beaten up and ill-treated by his sponsor. External signs of physical abuse were found on his body on inspection,” the police spokesman told The Maldives Independent.

More than 124,000 migrant workers in the Maldives

Over 1,900 illegal expatriates deported

Almost 8,000 undocumented workers deported, says defence minister

Immigration department fines 25 businesses for hiring illegal migrant workers

Immigration department discontinues quota for house maids

Immigration ceases issuing quotas for foreign farmers, tailors, and barbers

Government plans massive operation to deport undocumented workers

Immigration department boosts efforts to curb undocumented workers

HRCM introduces benchmark for migrant worker rights