Amnesty must be seen as a move to recognise the dependence of the economy on foreign illegal labour but it has to be part of a process to stop the future rise of illegal labour in the country. In ensuring this, the Govt should do away with agencies for registration of illegal labour.
IT is very heartening to note that it will be possible to bypass agencies to recruit maids from In-donesia but terribly discouraging to note that illegal immigrants will have to use agencies to legitimise their standing under the Govern-ment’s amnesty programme.