Illegal migration is a problem of growing scale and importance for many developed countries. According to (Skeldon, 2000), estimates there is a stock of around 11 million irregular migrants worldwide.
Many countries receive illegal migrants and most of these works in the services sector. Illegal migration is not rigorously policed in Maldives and in others, although there is a threat of being deported, such threats are extraordinarily difficult to administer. In Maldives these illegal workers come mainly from Bangladesh. Although the threat of punishment exists, policing of illegal migrants is not rigorously imposed even though it’s in the PLAN, My analyzed found that the Immigration, Human Resource and police sector is dropped in investigating and failing to monitor.
What can be done against this illegal colonization of foreigners? The policies issued yesterday by the cabinet suggested validating the visa before they arrives Maldives. This is a step forward to have or minimize the illegal residence in the country. As everyone knows that we are facing the situation especially from Bangladeshi nationals, but why? This is one thing that everybody has to think about, well,,,,, I Guess that this is because of cheap labor in Bangladesh, in regard with this what will take place when the minimum wage bill passed? Are we going to pay high wages for these people?, and who is going to treat well? Do we have a culture? NO. Due to my past experience and personal view, I do not think they will get the minimum wages, but will get a wage which is far below than the average.
It may cover a broad range of their needs, but little is known about the relative effectiveness of different policies. How the authorities monitor the situation and the mechanism to control will affect the whole system?
I leave the answer for you.
Hamid Fathuhulla
References
Skeldon, Ronald (2000) “Myth and Realities of Chinese Irregular Migration”. IOM
Migration Research Series 1/2000, International Organization for Migration, Geneva.
Epstein, Gil and Avi Weiss (2001), “A Theory of Immigration Amnesties”, CEPR
Discussion Paper No.2830.
