Bahrain: 125 Illegal Workers Detained
The Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) announced the implementation of 985 inspection campaigns and visits, during the week of 21 to 27 April 2024, which resulted in the detention of 125 violating and irregular workers, while 123 violators were deported.
The inspection campaigns and visits also resulted in monitoring a number of violations related to the provisions of a number of regulating laws, especially the Labour Market Regulatory Authority and the Residency Laws in the Kingdom of Bahrain, noting that legal measures were taken regarding the observed violations.
The authority pointed out that 972 inspection visits were carried out on various shops in all governorates, in addition to 13 joint inspection campaigns, that included 4 campaigns in the Capital Governorate; 3 campaigns in the Muharraq Governorate, and 3 campaigns in the Northern Governorate; and 3 campaigns Southern Governorate.
