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'New immigration law, online platform on the way'
Friday November 25, 2011 09:44:22 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: To
transform the immigration process, the government Friday promised
to provide within a year an electronic platform to link Indian
missions abroad and the concerned authorities to ensure seamless
service for those heading abroad for jobs.
"Within 52 weeks, we would be able to to provide a common
electronic platform for all concerned in the process of
migration," Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi said
here.
He was addressing a conference of heads of missions of the Gulf
region, home to nearly 5 million Indian workers.
"This system would link the e-passport system, migration system,
Proctor of Emigration offices and Indian Missions abroad to
provide a seamless service of migration clearance," he said.
Ravi also stressed that the migration process was being upgraded
to ensure orderly migration and to curb unscrupulous agents who
often cheat Indians by promising them greener pastures abroad.
The government has already drafted a new immigration law which
will transform the migration process into a simple and transparent
mechanism, he said.
Voicing serious concern over reports of harassment and
exploitation of Indians in the Gulf region, he underlined that
"the safety, security and welfare of Indian workers is of primary
importance."
"Mostly concentrated in the Gulf, they are often exploited in
India and abroad. Their living conditions abroad are not very
good. We have a great responsibility to address their needs and
concerns," he said.
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