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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1991

THE REMAINING 25 HAVE BEEN REFERRED ΤΟ THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. THOSE FOUND ΤΟ BE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WILL BE REPATRIATED.

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

"OUR LATEST OPERATION SHOULD DRIVE HOME THE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO THIS POLICY. ANYONE FOOLISH OTHERWISE IS ONLY CHEATING HIMSELF,' HE SAID.

POINT THAT THERE ENOUGH ΤΟ BELIEVE

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

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

MAINTAINED BY

BORDERS,

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YESTERDAY AND IDENTIFICATION

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

AS A RESULT, A TOTAL OF 11,737 PERSONS, 2,187 VEHICLES AND 371 VESSELS WERE STOPPED FOR IDENTIFICATION CHECKS.

THREE PERSONS WERE SUMMONSED AND 13 PERSONS CHARGED FOR FAILING TO PRODUCE PROPER PROOF OF IDENTITY. A FURTHER 10 PERSONS WERE WARNED IN RESPECT OF THIS OFFENCE, WHICH CARRIES

MAXIMUM FINE OF $1,000.

ON THE LABOUR FRONT, INSPECTORS OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT VISITED 2,765 ESTABLISHMENTS TO WEED OUT ANY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO MAY BE WORKING, AND TO CHECK THAT EMPLOYERS FULFIL THEIR LEGAL OBLIGATION OF KEEPING PROPER RECORDS OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.

A TOTAL OF 9,853 EMPLOYEES HAD THEIR PROOF OF IDENTITY CHECKED DURING THE OPERATION.

TWENTY-TWO ESTABLISHMENTS WERE FOUND NOT ABLE то PROVIDE FOR INSPECTION A RECORD OF EMPLOYERS.

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

BE FINED UP FOUND TO BE

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