It’s ‘stupid’ to legalise undocumented migrants, says Saravanan
Human resources minister M Saravanan said the best action is to deport illegal immigrants to their country of origin.
KOTA KINABALU: Legalising illegal immigrants for the workforce is a “stupid” idea, says human resources minister M Saravanan.
The Tapah MP said the best action was to deport illegal immigrants to their country of origin so that there would be no issues, especially involving Malaysia’s labour force.
“It (legalising illegal immigrants) is a ‘stupid’ idea. When someone comes illegally to your country, you must deport them, not legalise them.
“If illegals come to your country (and) you legalise them, then that means we will have more illegals coming to the country.
“We should not do anything to encourage illegals to come to our country,” he told a press conference after launching a national forum entitled “Human Capital Migration and its Impact on Sabah” here.
Also present was HRD Corp chairman Jamil Salleh.
Meanwhile, Saravanan voiced his concern over migration, especially involving young people from Sabah to other states in search of better economic opportunities.
He said in 2020 alone, some 45,900 people from Sabah migrated out of the state.
“The ministry is committed to working with all parties in Sabah to develop and implement policies that could attract high-value investments and create new opportunities for skilled talents and knowledge workers in the state.
“The ministry will continue to introduce initiatives that can help Sabahans upskill, reskill, cross-skill and multi-skill through our agency, HRD Corp.
“This will be complemented by programmes implemented by Socso, the Skills Development Fund Corporation and TalentCorp,” he said.
KOTA KINABALU: Legalising illegal immigrants for the workforce is a “stupid” idea, says human resources minister M Saravanan.
The Tapah MP said the best action was to deport illegal immigrants to their country of origin so that there would be no issues, especially involving Malaysia’s labour force.
“It (legalising illegal immigrants) is a ‘stupid’ idea. When someone comes illegally to your country, you must deport them, not legalise them.
“If illegals come to your country (and) you legalise them, then that means we will have more illegals coming to the country.
“We should not do anything to encourage illegals to come to our country,” he told a press conference after launching a national forum entitled “Human Capital Migration and its Impact on Sabah” here.
Also present was HRD Corp chairman Jamil Salleh.
Meanwhile, Saravanan voiced his concern over migration, especially involving young people from Sabah to other states in search of better economic opportunities.
He said in 2020 alone, some 45,900 people from Sabah migrated out of the state.
“The ministry is committed to working with all parties in Sabah to develop and implement policies that could attract high-value investments and create new opportunities for skilled talents and knowledge workers in the state.
“The ministry will continue to introduce initiatives that can help Sabahans upskill, reskill, cross-skill and multi-skill through our agency, HRD Corp.
“This will be complemented by programmes implemented by Socso, the Skills Development Fund Corporation and TalentCorp,” he said.
Push them out to sea, Yah..
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