PILC requests authorities to disclose Bodufinolhu expats’ whereabouts

Public Interest Law Centre (PILC), legally representing the expatriate workers on Bodufinolhu, Baa Atoll, requested authorities, on Saturday, to reveal where the migrant workers were currently being accommodated.

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Expatriate workers at Bodufinolhu, Baa Atoll. Maldives Police Service extradited the workers from the island on August 1. PHOTO: MIHAARU FILES

Shahudha Mohamed

2020-08-02 15:58:12

Public Interest Law Centre (PILC), legally representing the expatriate workers on Bodufinolhu, Baa Atoll, requested authorities, on Saturday, to reveal where the migrant workers were currently being accommodated.

On July 2, 203 expatriate workers in Bodufinolhu protested over six months of unpaid wages and barred 13 local staff from leaving the island. Maldives Police Service arrested 19 individuals amid the operation to de-escalate the hostage situation.

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