KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — The “6P” amnesty programme moves into its legalisation phase on Monday, which will allow the 2.3 million illegal immigrants registered so far to be deployed into the workforces of five major sectors.
According to Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, the five industries are the plantation, construction, manufacturing, farming and services sectors.
“They may be emplaced where they now work. If it is deemed suitable, they will carry on working there and will be given work permits,” Muhyiddin was quoted saying by Bernama Online today.
The “6P” exercise is to help the government identify the number of illegal immigrants in Malaysia.
The steps involved include registration, legalisation, amnesty, monitoring, enforcement, and deportation.
Once identified, the government will determine the number of workers needed to help Malaysia’s economy, and grant them temporary work permits. The rest will be repatriated.
The programme has seen the registration of around one million immigrants, while another 1.3 million have been granted amnesty.
Today, Muhyiddin said that some 500,000 illegal immigrants were currently employed in non-approved sectors, but added that these could be retained if redeployed into the appropriate industries.
“We want to give a chance to those who came forward to register to be employed in the sectors we have approved,” he was quoted further in the report.
Muhyiddin later warned that employers who have failed to co-operate with the programme face stern action once the enforcement stage is activated.
The programme earlier ran into controversy when Wanita PKR chief Zuraida Kamaruddin claimed that illegal immigrants registered under programme have been made to swear an oath that they and their families will vote for Barisan Nasional (BN) come polling day.
The Home Ministry denied Zuraida’s allegation and has lodged a police report and threatened legal action against her for the claim.
Source : The Malaysian Insider
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