HUNDREDS of people came forward to learn more about an amnesty for illegal workers during Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) roadshows yesterday. Continue reading
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LMRA launching new visa sweep
The Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) officials hope to send home or legalise more than 40,000 ‘irregular’ workers in Bahrain by the end of the year. Continue reading
LMRA to support Easy Exit campaign
Bahrain’s Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) has pledged full support to the The Co-ordination Committee of Indian Associations (CCIA) campaign to utilise maximum benefits from Easy Exit plan for illegal workers. Continue reading
Illegal Bangladeshi workers apply for amnesty
Hundreds of illegal workers swamped the Bangladesh Embassy in Bahrain yesterday in the hope of returning home without prosecution.
Easy Exit scheme gaining in popularity
Applicants for the Easy Exit scheme are slowly but surely increasing, with large numbers of Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani nationals approaching their embassies everyday to apply for the scheme. Continue reading
Over 1,000 Bangladeshis mob embassy for Easy Exit
Over a thousand people converged on the Bangladesh Embassy yesterday to avail of the Easy Exit scheme for illegal residents.Staff at the mission were overwhelmed by the sheer volume of people seeking help and were eventually able to process only around 500 individuals. Continue reading
LMRA launching new visa sweep
AUTHORITIES hope to send home or legalise more than 40,000 “irregular” workers in Bahrain by the end of the year, it emerged yesterday.They have already slashed the number of illegal workers from 48,000 to 43,000 in the past three months. Continue reading
‘Don’t employ runaways’ call
A WARNING went out yesterday for people to stop hiring runaways as housemaids and other domestic staff.It came as officials revealed that 322 domestic workers fled their sponsors last year, plus a further 42 so far this year.
Amnesty a lifeline for illegals
By Begena P Predeep , Posted on » Saturday, May 29, 2010
The Indian Embassy yesterday urged illegal workers to take advantage of a newly-introduced campaign by labour and immigration authorities to weed out illegal workers. Continue reading
New amnesty for illegal residents
Drive launched to ‘pardon’ illegal workers
LABOUR and immigration authorities yesterday launched a joint campaign to weed out illegal workers.
The ‘pardon’ campaign is being carried out by the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) and the General Directorate for Nationality, Passport and Residence (GDNPR). Continue reading