Undocumented Foreign Workers News Today

A ride-hailing passenger asked about foreigners driving for Grab, which caught the driver off guard.

Zimbabwean domestic migrant worker Precious clocked in late for work, launched into her duties for a white South African family as if nothing happened, yet hours earlier she had been arrested for being in the country without papers.

Opposition Parti Warisan (Warisan) on Monday warned against a federal proposal to issue special foreigner’s cards to illegal migrants in the State, calling such a move far more lenient than the previously proposed Sabah Temporary Pass (STP)

The proposal to collect the data of undocumented foreign workers and nationals in Sabah is still being reviewed and no entity has been tasked with gathering information from any individuals, said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey G. Kitingan.  He said the Special Committee for Undocumented Foreign Workers and Nationals has not even presented its full report to the Sabah Cabinet

A database that will include the biometric profiles of all migrants and the issuance of appropriate identification will proceed following a three-hour deliberation at a town hall session, Thursday

THE State Government must be given full autonomy to handle and address the longstanding issue of undocumented immigrants and stateless foreigners in Sabah, including their children.  Api Api Assemblywoman Datuk Christina Liew made the proposal during the debate on the government policy speech by the Head of State at the 16th State Assembly sitting, Monday

KOTA KINABALU: Full autonomy should be given to the Sabah government to handle the longstanding issue of undocumented immigrants and stateless foreigners here, says Datuk Christina Liew.

The State Government must be given full autonomy to handle and address the long-standing issues of undocumented immigrants and stateless people in Sabah, said Sabah PKR chief Datuk Christina Liew.  She made the proposal during a debate on the Government Policy Speech by the Head of State at the 16th State Legislative Assembly sitting on Monday

DEPUTY Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan said he is open to all proposals on how to best deal with the perennial issue of undocumented foreign workers in Sabah

Former Chief Minister Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan welcomed the setting up of the Special Committee on Undocumented Foreign Workers and Foreign Nationals in Sabah