Bahrain: Free Tickets for Flexi Visa Workers and Violators Proposed
A proposal to give violating and holder of flexible visa workers free tickets to return home was proposed.
The proposal, presented by five members of parliament (MP) sought the government to issue an initiative to facilitate the departure of offending foreign workers and flexible workers.
MP Ammar Qambar, mentioned the said that the proposal that came as a result of implications by the global Coronavirus (COVID-19) such as travel ban and border closures.
Qambar noted that the proposal comes as a matter of urgency in order to provide an opportunity to facilitate the departure of the violating workers, by giving them a free ticket.
He pointed out that this proposal was also based on allowing flexible workers to leave, and the fees that they have paid are reimbursed for the remainder of the current year.
