State to utilise deposit funds to repatriate undocumented workers

Minister of Economic Affairs Fayyaz Ismail confirmed on Monday that deposit funds would be utilised as the first financial resource to repatriate undocumented expatriate workers.

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Minister of Economic Affairs Fayyaz Ismail. PHOTO: AHMED AWSHAN ILYAS/ MIHAARU

Mariyam Malsa

2020-04-06 18:43:29

Minister of Economic Affairs Fayyaz Ismail confirmed on Monday that deposit funds would be utilised as the first financial resource to repatriate undocumented expatriate workers.

A sum of MVR 8,000 is deposited for every Bangladeshi national at the time they are brought to Maldives for employment, with the figure being subject to amendment if a greater number of workers are hired.

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