Even Arabs Getting Tired Of Bangladeshi Illegals


UAE Gives Ultimatum On Bangladeshi Illegals ..... .....

http://www.newagebd.com/2007/apr/07/front.html#3

New Age, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Saturday, April 7, 2007
16,000 Bangladeshi illegals threaten manpower export to UAE
By Raheed Ejaz

The prospect of further manpower export to the United Arab Emirates
may turn bleak if Dhaka does not make a move soon to bring back about
16,000 Bangladeshis who are staying illegally in the Gulf country in
violation of its Naturalisation and Residence Law.

The UAE authorities asked the Bangladesh government a few months
back to take necessary steps to take the necessary steps about the
'illegally staying' Bangladeshis, who otherwise will face drastic
actions including deportation, officials at the ministries of foreign
affairs and expatriates' welfare and overseas employment told New Age.

The UAE, an oil-rich Middle East country and a commercial hub of
the region, is the second largest destination of Bangladeshi workers
abroad. Right now more than five lakh Bangladeshi expatriates are
working there.

The foreign secretary in-charge, Md Touhid Hossain, has already
requested the acting secretary of the expatriates' welfare ministry,
Md Abdul Matin Chowdhury, to take a synchronised approach to address
the issue, said a foreign ministry official.

In a letter dated March 22 to Abdul Matin, the acting foreign
secretary said, 'More than 16 thousands Bangladeshis are overstaying
in the UAE violating its Naturalisation and Residence Law.' He
referred to a communiqué dated February 28 of the Bangladeshi
ambassador to the UAE, Nazimullah Chowdhury, to Dhaka in this regard.

Forecasting the possible negative impact of foot-dragging on the
issue, Touhid said, 'This will mean a ruination of Bangladesh's second
largest manpower export desti-nation which offers employment to some
five lakh Bangladeshis.'

Citing a UAE communication, he said, 'The UAE authorities have
asked Bangladesh to take necessary steps about those undocumented
people, including bringing them back home. Otherwise, the UAE will
take actions that will make a negative impact on our manpower export.'

According to official statistics, 5,02,842 Bangladeshis were
working in the emirates as of December 2006.

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http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/03/28/d70328014028.htm

Daily Star, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Bangladeshis among 41 migrants detained in Greece
AFP, Komotini

Police in northeastern Greece on Tuesday detained 41 would-be migrants
hidden on board a tanker truck near the border with Turkey, a police
source in the local town of Komotini said.
The group of men from Bangladesh, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and
Somalia were stowed in a special compartment and had each paid 2,000
euros (2,700 dollars) for passage to Athens, the source said.

The tanker was intercepted on the highway between Komotini and the
northeastern port city of Alexandroupolis.

The Turkish driver of the vehicle and two Turkish passengers fled into
a neighbouring wood, and are being sought on suspicion of people-
smuggling.

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With Global warming threatening to turn Bangladesh into a part of the
Bay of Bengal, the lure Of Lebensraum is fast turning overcrowded
Bangladesh into a global menace .....

http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/sair/Archives/3_10.htm

SOUTH ASIA INTELLIGENCE REVIEW
Weekly Assessments & Briefings
Volume 3, No. 10, September 20, 2004

...... The population explosion in Bangladesh, with 2.8 million added
every year in one of the poorest and most densely populated countries
in the world, creates the push factors for this silent demographic
invasion. These are, however, compounded by an expansionist political
ideology, implicitly or explicitly supported in the corridors of power
in Bangladesh: the idea of Lebensraum ('living space'), which has been
variously projected by the country's leadership for a long time,
though the use of the expression itself is relatively recent. In the
early nineties, Sadeq Khan, a former diplomat, stated:

All projections, however, clearly indicate that by the next decade,
that is to say by the first decade of the 21st century, Bangladesh
will face a serious crisis of lebensraum... A natural overflow of
population pressure is very much on the cards and will not be
restrainable by
barbed wire or border patrol measures. The natural trend of population
overflow from Bangladesh is towards the sparsely populated lands in
the South East, in the Arakan side and of the North East in the Seven
Sisters side of the Indian sub-continent .....

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Bangladeshis Fleeing Poverty Give Fillip To Illegal Immigration The
World Over .....

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Pakistan Marks Illegal Bangladeshi Migrants As Security Risk .....

http://www.migrationint.com.au/news/bulgaria/nov_1995-20mn.asp

Pakistan Arrests Illegal Bangladeshi Workers

Pakistan arrested or detained nearly 2,000 Bangladeshis the week of
October 23 as the government imposed new rules to reduce illegal
immigrants in Karachi, where they are considered a "security risk."
The government considers illegal immigrants a threat because of their
involvement in drug trafficking and weapons and they are a drain on
the country's limited social services and jobs.

Illegal immigrants make up about 16 percent of Karachi's 12 million
inhabitants. About 80 percent of the immigrants are from Bangladesh.

The fishing industry is the largest employer, though some are employed
as domestic workers or set up roadside stands selling sugar cane juice
or cigarettes.

To keep immigrant workers out of the fishing industry, the government
declared that foreigners were not allowed in the harbor area without
permission. But the government admits that it is difficult for
employers to know who is legal or illegal, especially since fake
Pakistani identity cares and passports are readily available.

Work at the Karachi Harbor has come to a near standstill because more
than 10,000 Bangladeshis, representing more than 60 percent of the
harbor workforce, have avoided work since October 21 for fear of being
arrested.

Hasan Iqbal Jafri, "Pakistan plans new strategy to handle streams of
Bangladeshi migrants," Deutsche Presse-Agentur, October 26, 1995.
"Pakistan: Labour Disputes," Lloyds List, October 26, 1995. "Pakistan
govt asked not to scare legal immigrations, Reuters, October 22, 1995.
Amir Zia, "Action against aliens hits Karachi fisheries," Reuters,
October 21, 1995.

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Bangladeshi Illegal Immigrants Deported From Siberia !!

http://english.pravda.ru/region/2002/11/13/39457_.html

Pravada
November 13, 2002

Eleven citizens of Bangladesh have been deported from Novosibirsk
after they had been detained at the local airport for border
violations.

RIA Novosti learnt from the press service of the south east regional
department of the Russian Federal Frontier Service that the illegal
immigrants had arrived from Dubai (the United Arab Emirates) and were
detained when passport control officers suspected the legitimacy of
their visas.

Verification procedures showed that the citizens of Bangladesh had
received their visas from certain Moscow firms that did not have
licences to issue the necessary invitations. Moreover, the passport
details of the majority of the detainees also did not correspond to
their visas.

The immigrants were to meet a middleman who would send them via Moscow
to Europe.

The press service of the regional Frontier Service department reported
that the illegal immigrants had already been deported to the United
Arab Emirates.

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Illegal Bangladeshi immigrants risk life and limb in Japanese
factories .....
By Rebecca MacKinnon
CNN TOKYO BUREAU

TOKYO (CNN) -- Six-year-old Jakin Prince Alsafa was born in Japan. The
only language he knows is Japanese. His sister, Saudia, is a top
student in a Japanese school.

But the two children of Bangladeshi parents have no legal right to be
living in the only place they know as home. They are part of the
270,000 so-called "undocumented foreigners" living in Japan long term
who do not officially exist.

"My children will have no future in Bangladesh," said their mother, Af
Roza Kalam. "They've grown up like Japanese kids."

Their father, Abul Kalam Idrish, came to Japan 12 years ago on a
visitor's visa, found work and then brought his family over to the
nation.

Even in a time of recession and rising unemployment, companies still
have a hard time finding Japanese people who are willing to work long
hours for low pay at difficult, dirty and dangerous jobs so they
openly hire illegal foreign workers.

Abul Kalam Idrish lost the tip of one finger and damaged his thumb in
separate accidents at work. He said his employers use lower safety
standards for foreign workers than for Japanese employees. He wants to
apply for a resident's visa despite the risk of refusal and
deportation.

"They never think Japanese and foreigners are the same. Always, they
think we are different," said Ali Syedshujait, a Pakistani worker who
said he lost an arm in a factory that had inferior safety standards.

Some illegal immigrants have become increasingly vocal, demanding
enforcement of safety standards regardless of a worker's visa status.

The Japanese public has reacted mostly with apathy. No television
crews showed up for a recent demonstration by illegal immigrants
seeking increased workplace protections.

But some Japanese said they want their government to recognize the
reality that the economy needs unskilled immigrants.

"Even if they live here for 100 years, they are still illegal," said
Katso Yoshinari of the Asian People's Friendship Society. "At the same
time, they have become part of Japan's industrial system, so the
government can't and won't just send them home. As a result, their
human rights are not protected."

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Malaysia getting tough with Bangladeshi illegal immigrants .....
"Advanced Age" Bangladesh students drawing scrutiny ..... Bangladeshi
illegal immigrants caned .....

http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/03/15/d60315060270.htm

Daily Star, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Malaysia to go tough with Bangladeshi students

Malaysian Home Affairs Ministry will review the procedure and
regulations in issuing student visa especially for Bangladeshi
students in order to prevent them from being illegal workers in
Malaysia.

Minister Radzi Sheikh Ahmad said local employers were prohibited from
recruiting Bangladeshi workers two years ago, so the ministry would
pay close attention on Bangladeshi students when they issued the
student visa.

"We will review all countries (student visa issuant), especially
Bangladesh, because our country doesn't allow Bangladesh citizens to
work here, other countries have no problems," he added.

According to the news report, there were four colleges was being
monitored by the ministry. A total of 1,700 Bangladeshi students were
suspected in misusing student visas and they worked illegally in
different sectors.

"I have discussed this matter with Higher Education Ministry and they
promised to revoke the college licence if they violate any rule,"
Radzi told a press conference after attending the monthly assembly.

"We look at the issue seriously. We hope that we are not made fool by
others. Therefore, we have to prevent others from causing loopholes in
the laws," he continued.

Radzi said the Home Affairs Ministry was responsible in enforcement
and handling the visa application, therefore the ministry had given
some constructive suggestions to Higher Education Ministry.

"Malaysia encourages the foreign students came to Malaysia to pursue
their studies as our country will become the higher education hub in
this region. However, government doubts when many foreign students are
"advanced age" students," he added.

"It's acceptable if only few of them aged 25 among two or three
hundred students. However, it's doubtful if there are 180 students
aged 25 among 200 students."

He said Higher Education officers went overseas to promote Malaysia
education and it might cause some misunderstandings which brought
Bangladeshi "students" worked illegally here.

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Bangladeshi Illegal Immigrants Caned In Malaysia .....

AI Index: ASA 28/003/2002 12 August 2002

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
PRESS RELEASE

AI Index: ASA 28/003/2002 (Public)
News Service No: 141
12 August 2002

Malaysia: Caning should be abolished

Following the first caning sentences imposed under the tough new anti-
immigration law, Amnesty International today urged the Malaysian
government to rid the country of this cruel punishment.

"Whipping someone with a cane is cruel, inhuman and degrading.
International standards make clear that such treatment constitutes
torture. Such a punishment should have no place in today's world," the
organization said.

The seven people to be sentenced, two Bangladeshis and five
Indonesians, were found to be working in Malaysia illegally and
sentenced to between one and two strokes of the cane, as well as six
months to two years imprisonment.

The amendments to the Immigration Act impose mandatory whipping of up
to six strokes of the cane, fines and up to five years imprisonment
for foreigners who are in Malaysia illegally. Amnesty International is
concerned that hundreds of undocumented workers and asylum seekers are
at risk of being whipped.

Various human rights groups have condemned the crackdown saying that
undocumented workers are ignorant of procedures and are themselves
often victims of deceit at the hands of migrant worker traffickers or
unscrupulous employers. Malaysians and others who employ more than
five undocumented workers are now also liable to mandatory whipping
and up to five years in jail.

The law came into force after a four-month amnesty ended on 31 July
2002 during which time an estimated 300,000 undocumented workers left
Malaysia.

Over a dozen more cases will reportedly be brought to court next week,
and scores of other cases are being investigated. Amnesty
International urges the Malaysian authorities not to carry out the
caning, to ensure that no further caning sentences are handed down,
and to abolish corporal punishment in law.

"Caning as a punishment is unnecessary and is unlikely to deter
economic migrants or asylum seekers," the organization said.

Background

Caning is used in Malaysia as a supplementary punishment for at least
40 crimes even though it contravenes international human rights
standards.

A Malaysian human rights group, SUARAM, reported that from January to
November last year, thirteen people were sentenced to whipping by
courts for various crimes ranging from rape cases, sexual abuses and
drug possession. SUARAM reported that this represented a significant
decrease from 53 people in 2000.

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