Addu City Council has begun work to compile an expatriate workers’ registry.
In a statement released on Saturday, the council noted that all councils are required to keep such a registry, as per the Decentralization Act.
While this work is being done by the city’s district offices, a web portal -Haraheri- has been launched to make the process easier.
Agencies have been asked to use this portal to register the foreigners working at the respective district office, and warned that action will taken against those that do not follow the order under 143 of the Decentralization Act.
“If any person flouts the order of a council, which was given under the powers vested in the council, that person would be penalized with a fine of Rufiyaa five hundred (500) to Rufiyaa five thousand (5000).”Article 143, Decentralization Act
Earlier this year, Maldives Immigration revealed that there are a total of 144,607 expatriate workers in the Maldives, and that 63,000 are undocumented.
