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Government To Consider Employing Illegal Immigrants As Foreign Workers - S Subramaniam

Monday, 19 July 2010
CYBERJAYA, July 16 (Bernama) -- The government will consider the possibility of employing illegal immigrants as foreign workers to meet the high demand from employers. Human Resource Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam said these were among 51 suggestions discussed by a special laboratory set up by the ministry to deal with the issue of foreign workers.
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Amnesty can only be a stop-gap solution

Sunday, 23 May 2010

THERE will soon be another round of amnesty for illegal foreign workers in this country, by which they may be repatriated without being penalised. All sectors apparently agree this is the most realistic option in the circumstances.

Neither incarcerating them at taxpayers’ expense nor allowing them to continue working unlawfully is acceptable. But have repeated amnesties now become routine, something to be taken for granted?