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FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1990
JOINT ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION OPERATION MOUNTED
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IMMIGRATION ANTI-ILLEGAL
OPERATION JOINTLY
A TERRITORY-WIDE
THE LABOUR AND IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENTS MOUNTED BY THE POLICE, AND YESTERDAY (THURSDAY) HAS RESULTED IN THE ARRESTS OF 82 PERSONS.
THE OPERATION WAS PART OF THE
GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUOUS
EFFORT
TO FLUSH OUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
OF THE ARRESTED PERSONS, SIX
AT THE BORDER. THEY HAVE BEEN SENT TO SAN UK LING FOR REPATRIATION.
THE
HAVE
BEEN
WERE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CAUGHT
TO THE IMMIGRATION THOSE FOUND TO
REFERRED
76 REMAINING DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. BE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WILL BE REPATRIATED.
TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT THERE
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN REITERATED WAS NO QUESTION OF ANY AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
POINT
THAT THERE FOOLISH ENOUGH то BELIEVE
"OUR LATEST OPERATION SHOULD DRIVE HOME THE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO THIS POLICY. ANYONE OTHERWISE IS ONLY CHEATING HIMSELF," HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN NOTED
THAT THERE
APART FROM WAS NO
LET-UP
CONTINUOUS
IN
CHECKS
ANTI-ILLEGAL
THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, IMMIGRATION EFFORTS AT THE BORDER.
FORCES
A HIGH STATE OF VIGILANCE WILL CONTINUE
BOTH POLICE AND THE SECURITY BORDERS," HE SAID.
THE
TO BE AT THE
MAINTAINED BY LAND AND SEA
YESTERDAY AND IDENTIFICATION
DURING THE JOINT OPERATION, WHICH BEGAN AT 5 AM STEPPED UP THEIR ENDED THIS MORNING, THE POLICE HAD
CARRIED OUT CHECKS AT SUSPICIOUS SPOT CHECKS IN PUBLIC PLACES AND LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
AS A RESULT, A TOTAL OF 20,771 PERSONS, 5,362 VEHICLES AND VESSELS WERE STOPPED FOR IDENTIFICATION CHECKS.
THREE PERSONS WERE
SUMMONSED
228
AND ONE PERSON CHARGED FOR A FURTHER TWO PERSONS FAILING TO PRODUCE PROPER PROOF OF IDENTITY.
MAXIMUM FINE WERE WARNED IN RESPECT OF THIS OFFENCE, WHICH CARRIES A OF $1,000.
LABOUR ON THE
OF INSPECTORS FRONT, VISITED 3,503 ESTABLISHMENTS TO WEED OUT ANY
CHECK
THAT
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO LEGAL THEIR
AND TO MAY BE WORKING,
EMPLOYERS FULFIL OBLIGATION OF KEEPING PROPER RECORDS OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
A TOTAL OF 9,972 EMPLOYEES HAD THEIR PROOF OF IDENTITY DURING THE OPERATION.
CHECKED
FIVE ESTABLISHMENTS INSPECTION A RECORD OF EMPLOYEES.
WERK FOUND
NOT
ABLE TO
PROVIDE
FOR
THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED EMPLOYERS THAT THEY COULD
IF YEAR
THEY WERE TO $50,000 AND JAILED FOR UP TO A EMPLOYING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
BE FINED FOUND
UP
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