eMigrate system to assist Indian expats

Manama

All the companies, institutions who are going to recruit workers from India should follow the online eMigrate system which government of India has implemented with effect from June 1, said the Indian Ambassador Alok Kumar Sinha yesterday.

While speaking at a press conference after the Open House at the Indian Embassy, the ambassador said that promoting the interest of the Indian community in Bahrain was a top priority.

The requirement for mandatory accreditation and scrutiny of foreign recruiters before allowing them to employ Indian emigrants or facilitate emigration has been introduced keeping in mind the pressing need to safeguard the interests of such emigrants and increase accountability of foreign employers.

The online portal of the Embassy will now facilitate prospective recruiting agents, employers and project exporters to apply for registration and accreditation in quick time. The emigrants can also apply directly for emigrant registration on the online portal.

The eMigrate portal will hence help automate and streamline the current emigration processes and in particular the operations of offices of the Protector of Emigrants (PoE) and Protector General of Emigrants (PGoE). The online portal will bring together all key stakeholders involved in the emigration lifecycle including the Indian Missions, PoE, PGoE, employers, recruiting agents, emigrants and insurance agencies on a single platform.

The Ambassador said that illegal workers should utilise the amnesty period declared in the Kingdom either to legalise their presence in Bahrain through obtaining legal employment or by leaving back to their countries without penalties or blacklisting. The Indian Embassy will organise amnesty awareness campaigns in the Kingdom with the cooperation of associations and social workers. As part of this campaign leaflets about amnesty in all major Indian languages will be distributed among the workers with the help of volunteers. 

 Expat receive

 An ailing Indian expat who was slapped with a travel ban approached the Indian Embassy yesterday for legal help.  Alosious Earnest (58) from the came to Bahrain some 28 years ago as a worker in a cleaning company.

It was social worker Salam Mambattumoola who took Alosious to the Open House. Trouble started when he started his own company in partnership with a fellow countryman. His CPR was used while buying building materials on credit for the company and when his partner returned to India, a bankrupt Alosious was slapped with a travel ban for not paying around BD 3800 to a company.  He was offered assistance from the Indian Ambassador as well as the Embassy.