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Maldives to Launch Nationwide Programme to Regularise Undocumented Migrant Workers in May
The Maldives government announced a nationwide programme, revealed by Minister of Homeland Security and Technology Ali Ihusaan at the 'Ahaa' public forum, to collect biometric and identification data on undocumented migrant workers and offer them a pathway to regularise their status. The programme begins on Himmafushi Island in Kaafu Atoll on 2 May with simultaneous nationwide data collection, is expected to be completed within a year, and will be carried out with local councils and the Maldives Police Service.
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Thu 2 MayThe nationwide programme to determine undocumented migrants begins with data collection on Himmafushi Island and simultaneously across the …Kaafu Atoll2 Mayonly Maldives RepublicThe programme will officially commence on Himmafushi Island in Kaafu Atoll on 2 May, with nationwide data collection beginning simultaneously, said Ihusaan.
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We are collecting biometric fingerprint data from all ten digits of each migrant worker, particularly those within the unskilled labour demographic, subsequently capturing an identification photograph of them, and cross-referencing these w…
In certain instances, the person [migrant worker] is required to return to their home country and re-enter the Maldives for the sponsorship transfer to take effect. Our objective is to simplify this procedure
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100,000 workerslegislative limit on migrant workers from a single country permitted to enter and work at any given timeMaldives RepublicThe legislative limit on the number of migrant workers from a single country who are permitted to enter and work in the country at any given time is 100,000.
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Minister of Homeland Security and Technology Ali Ihusaan revealed the initiative at the 'Ahaa' public forum.'Ahaa' public forumMaldives RepublicThe initiative, revealed by Ali Ihusaan, the Minister of Homeland Security and Technology, at the ‘Ahaa’ public forum, will commence on 2 May.
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