There are no plans to declare another amnesty in Qatar but illegal workers who voluntarily surrender to the law enforcing authorities have been allowed to return home without facing imprisonment, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Interior.
Colonel Mohammed Al Ateeq, assistant director of the General Directorate of Borders, Passports and Expatriate Affairs at the ministry, told The Peninsula yesterday that the ministry had seen a recent rise in the number of expatriate workers fleeing their sponsors and working illegally in the country.
“We have been conducting daily inspections mainly in areas where there is a concentration of expatriate workers. A number of runaway workers and those who are working outside their legal sponsors are being arrested in these raids,” said Al Ateeq.
Asked if there were plans to declare another amnesty in Qatar to facilitate repatriation of illegal workers, he said, “There are no such plans at the moment, but we are helping such workers to leave the country if they voluntarily surrender to the authorities. They can return home after paying the fines and they don’t have to face imprisonment. We have seen a significant rise in the number of people voluntarily reporting at the ministry to return home.”
He said the ministry was keen to make the procedure of their repatriation as fast and simple as possible.
Original Article from: The Peninsula
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