Foreign workers in the country

We are generally in agreement with the government's move. However as we proceed with the preparation of the list we must also remember that in today's world of glob-alisation this is but a natural trend and nothing should be done to either scare investments or harass the commu-nity of workers. On the other hand it should also be re-membered that inflow of such workers will not only meet the shortfall of skilled workers particularly in the ser-vice industries but also work as incentive for the locals to build their own expertise.

To this purpose we also need to empower our Immi-gration and visa services both at home and our Missions abroad. We have often had complaints from many foreign workers in various outfits that the process of obtaining fully authentic documents is not only complicated but highly cumbersome. The whole exercise, to our mind, should be aimed at achieving, among others, two specific objectives: stop any undue flight of capital or prof-its/benefits abroad hurting our interests and ensure that these foreign workers, each one of them, are working and staying in the country with valid documents.

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