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Of visa trade, and crime

THE murder of a Chinese woman by a Bangladeshi labourer in Umm Al Quwain once again highlights the problems created by the visa racket in the country. That the victim was brutally murdered only for a few dirhams and her mobile phone by the jobless Bangladeshi reflects on the situation in the labour market, which has been flooded by a floating labour force let loose by a few unscrupulous elements who indulge in the visa trade.

By The Monitor

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Published: Tue 2 Aug 2005, 10:16 AM

Last updated: Thu 2 Apr 2015, 7:08 PM

Newspaper reports highlighted the fact that the Bangladeshi was driven to murder because he wanted money desperately since he was unemployed, and his visa had also expired.

Khaleej Times had highlighted the problems arising out of trade in visas on several occasions, and sought the intervention of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in checking this social menace. The case of a grocery shop, which sponsored more than 50 labourers against its requirement of five, should have come as an eye-opener to the rampant malpractice.

The ministry and other departments concerned should take strict measures to check misuse of visas, particularly by small business establishments. Visas should be issued only against actual requirement of any establishment. Khaleej Times once again urges the authorities to punish those who are trading in visas without realising that they were contributing to the spread of crime. If this is not done, the crime graph would only keep moving up.


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