The Bangladesh High Commission in thearchipelago urged the Bangladeshi migrant workers to apply for visa or workpermit on an urgent basis in a notice on Saturday.
Those who will not collect the papers in this round will face “exemplarypunitive measures”, the high commission warned.
The employers of the undocumented Bangladeshi workers will need to apply fortheir documentation to the economic development ministry.
If they need further information they can contact the ministry by dialling 1500or sending email to xpat@1500help.mv. They can also contact the high commissionvia phone at 3320859 or through the Viber app at7616636.
There is no official data on the number of undocumented Bangladeshi migrants inthe Maldives. The high commission said in 2019 that the number would be around80,000.
In total, 110,000 Bangladeshis were in the Maldives at that time and 15,000 hadreturned home during the pandemic, the high commission said.
