News Desk :
The Maldives has extended its ban on recruiting Bangladeshi workers for a year, just as the year-long restriction’s September 18 deadline draws close, according to the Maldivian media.
The Ministry of Economic Development announced the extension on Thursday, reports The Edition, a Maldivian news portal.
The Maldives in 2019 set a quota of migrants from a country at 150,000. As such, no more than that number of migrants from a country can legally reside in the Maldives at any given time.
Since Bangladeshi immigrants have already exceeded this quota, at the present time, workers can only be brought from countries other than Bangladesh.
The restrictions, however, do not apply to professional-level employees.
Maldives Immigration revealed that 63,000 immigrants out of the 144,607 that entered the country under work visas are currently residing illegally.
The Maldives’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed this Monday that the number of undocumented Bangladeshi citizens repatriated till date has now reached 5,049.
The Maldivian authorities estimated earlier that approximately 20,000 workers will be sent back to their home countries by the end of 2020.
The Maldives has extended its ban on recruiting Bangladeshi workers for a year, just as the year-long restriction’s September 18 deadline draws close, according to the Maldivian media.
The Ministry of Economic Development announced the extension on Thursday, reports The Edition, a Maldivian news portal.
The Maldives in 2019 set a quota of migrants from a country at 150,000. As such, no more than that number of migrants from a country can legally reside in the Maldives at any given time.
Since Bangladeshi immigrants have already exceeded this quota, at the present time, workers can only be brought from countries other than Bangladesh.
The restrictions, however, do not apply to professional-level employees.
Maldives Immigration revealed that 63,000 immigrants out of the 144,607 that entered the country under work visas are currently residing illegally.
The Maldives’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed this Monday that the number of undocumented Bangladeshi citizens repatriated till date has now reached 5,049.
The Maldivian authorities estimated earlier that approximately 20,000 workers will be sent back to their home countries by the end of 2020.
