Move to address foreign worker issue


Keeping in tune: Hamzah speaking to the media as Saravanan looks on at the Home Ministry in Putrajaya. — Bernama

PUTRAJAYA: Employers in the construction, manufacturing, plantation and agriculture sectors will be allowed to legally employ undocumented foreign workers under the Labour Recalibration Plan for undocumented immigrants, the Home Minister announced.

Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin said the government would also roll out the Repatriation Recalibration Plan where undocumented immigrants can volunteer to return to their homelands, subject to certain conditions.

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