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MORE THAN 300,000 ILLEGALS WORKING IN NON-PERMITTED SECTORS
PUTRAJAYA, Sept 21 (Bernama) -- A total 327,991 illegal immigrants have been
found working in non-permitted sectors, according to a Phase 1 report of the
Comprehensive Settlement Programme for Illegal Immigrants (6P Programme).
Under the present policy, foreign workers were allowed to work only in the
manufacturing, plantation, agriculture, construction sectors and 15 types of
employments in the services sector.
However, the majority were found to be working in mining, car workshops,
fast food restaurants, stalls, as fishermen, newspaper vendors and car washers.
Home Minister Hishamuddin Hussein said Malaysian Immigration Department
intelligence and monitoring revealed that there were also illegals who were
self-employed while some had become employers themselves.
"Although the scenario had been identified since long ago, it is difficult
to handle, because of various factors, among which are the abuse of pass and
work permit, and falsifying of documents and identities," he said in a
statement, here.
"As such, the implementation of the 6P programme is important, because other
than tackling issues relating to illegal immigrant workers who are already in
the country, it enables the government to get accurate data on the actual
problem," he said.
He said the ministry would forward the appeal of some employers'
associations and individual employers to allow illegal workers, working in
sectors banned to them, to be legalised.
Hishamuddin said the cabinet viewed seriously the aspiration of the 6P
Programme in stabilising the management of foreign nationals in the country,
when the 6P programme report was tabled in last week's meeting.
"The 6P programme is a pioneer effort towards creating a data system and
comprehensive information by determining the actual number of illegal immigrant
workers in the country and, at the same time, recording their biometric data,"
he said.
Hishamuddin said cabinet also agreed that the second phase of the 6P
Programme be implemented after the date and implemetation mechanism was
finalised at the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Foreign Workers and Illegal
Immigrants on Oct 3.
Among the matters which would be decided by the committee was the status of
the illegal immigrants who were working in sectors outside of the existing
Foreign Workers Employment Policy, he said.
found working in non-permitted sectors, according to a Phase 1 report of the
Comprehensive Settlement Programme for Illegal Immigrants (6P Programme).
Under the present policy, foreign workers were allowed to work only in the
manufacturing, plantation, agriculture, construction sectors and 15 types of
employments in the services sector.
However, the majority were found to be working in mining, car workshops,
fast food restaurants, stalls, as fishermen, newspaper vendors and car washers.
Home Minister Hishamuddin Hussein said Malaysian Immigration Department
intelligence and monitoring revealed that there were also illegals who were
self-employed while some had become employers themselves.
"Although the scenario had been identified since long ago, it is difficult
to handle, because of various factors, among which are the abuse of pass and
work permit, and falsifying of documents and identities," he said in a
statement, here.
"As such, the implementation of the 6P programme is important, because other
than tackling issues relating to illegal immigrant workers who are already in
the country, it enables the government to get accurate data on the actual
problem," he said.
He said the ministry would forward the appeal of some employers'
associations and individual employers to allow illegal workers, working in
sectors banned to them, to be legalised.
Hishamuddin said the cabinet viewed seriously the aspiration of the 6P
Programme in stabilising the management of foreign nationals in the country,
when the 6P programme report was tabled in last week's meeting.
"The 6P programme is a pioneer effort towards creating a data system and
comprehensive information by determining the actual number of illegal immigrant
workers in the country and, at the same time, recording their biometric data,"
he said.
Hishamuddin said cabinet also agreed that the second phase of the 6P
Programme be implemented after the date and implemetation mechanism was
finalised at the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Foreign Workers and Illegal
Immigrants on Oct 3.
Among the matters which would be decided by the committee was the status of
the illegal immigrants who were working in sectors outside of the existing
Foreign Workers Employment Policy, he said.
