All illegal foreign workers will be deported before arrival of Bangladeshi workers, says Home Minister
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Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says before bringing in 1.5 million legal workers from Bangladesh, the illegal ones, who now number about two million in the job market, will be taken out.
TAWAU, June 27, 2015:
Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid
Hamidi today said that the ministry had intensified efforts to deport
all illegal foreign workers to their countries of origin before bringing
about 1.5 million workers from Bangladesh to the country.
He said the ministry, through the
Immigration Department, police, RELA and other agencies, had also
intensified their cooperation to carry out joint enforcement to flush
out illegal foreign workers in the peninsula, as well as in Sabah and
Sarawak.
“Before we bring in 1.5 million legal
workers from Bangladesh, we will first take the illegal ones out, who
now numbered about two million in the job market.
“In the meantime, we will also seek
cooperation from the embassies of the countries involved,” he told a
press conference after attending the inculcation of Good Values
Programme in the ministry’s staff here today.
The
minister said the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s effort to
bring in the Bangladeshi workers was aimed at meeting the demands of
employers in the plantation, construction, manufacturing and service
sectors.
“Therefore, the matter should not be
politicised… it will not be an uncontrolled dumping of foreign workers
because we will take out all illegal foreign workers first before
bringing in those with complete documents.
“There is no country that allows foreign
workers to work without valid documents or to stay longer than their
visa validity,” he said.
Last Thursday, Ahmad Zahid said about 1.5
million workers from Bangladesh would be brought to Malaysia in stages
over three years to meet the demands of employers from various sectors.
steadyaku47 comment: You take out 2 million illegal ones to replace them with 1.5 million legal workers from Bangladesh? You can't argue with stupid idiots like Zahid...he will argue you down to his level and them beat you with experience!
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