XN000022-1990-01-19 — Page 9

FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1990

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THE REMAINING 44 HAVE BEEN REFERRED DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. BE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WILL BE REPATRIATED.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN REITERATED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT THERE WAS NO QUESTION OF ANY AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

"OUR LATEST OPERATION SHOULD DRIVE HOME THE POINT THAT THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO THIS POLICY. ANYONE FOOL [SH ENOUGH то BELIEVE OTHERWISE 15 ONLY CHEATING HIMSELF," HE SAID.

CONTINUOUS CHECKS

THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT APART FROM THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, THERE WAS NO LET-UP IN ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION EFFORTS AT THE BORDER.

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"A HIGH STATE OF VIGILANCE WILL CONTINUE TO BE MAINTAINED BY THE POLICE AND THE SECURITY FORCES BOTH AT THE LAND AND SEA BORDERS, HE SAID.

DURING THE JOINT OPERATION, WHICH BEGAN AT 5 AM ENDED THIS MORNING, THE POLICE HAD STEPPED UP THEIR SPOT CHECKS IN PUBLIC PLACES AND CARRIED OUT CHECKS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

AS A RESULT, A TOTAL OF 35,703 PERSONS, 4,001 780 VESSELS WERE STOPPED FOR IDENTIFICATION CHECKS.

YESTERDAY AND IDENTIFICATION AT SUSPICIOUS

VEHICLES AND

TWELVE PERSONS WERE SUMMONSED AND FOUR PERSONS CHARGED FOR FAILING TO PRODUCE PROPER PROOF OF IDENTITY. A FURTHER 19 PERSONS WERE WARNED IN RESPECT OF THIS OFFENCE, WHICH CARRIES A MAXIMUM FINE OF $1,000.

ON THE LABOUR FRONT, INSPECTORS OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT VISITED 3,804 ESTABLISHMENTS TO WEED OUT ANY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO MAY BE WORKING, AND то CHECK THAT EMPLOYERS FULFIL THEIR LEGAL

OBLIGATION OF KEEPING PROPER RECORDS OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.

A TOTAL OF 7.583 EMPLOYEES HAD THEIR PROOF OF IDENTITY CHECKED DURING THE OPERATION.

FOUR ESTABLISHMENTS WERE FOUND NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR INSPECTION A RECORD OF EMPLOYEES.

THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED EMPLOYERS THAT THEY COULD TO $50,000 AND JAILED FOR UP TO A YEAR IF THEY WERE EMPLOYING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

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