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Hundreds of South Asian migrants are taking advantage of a new employment registration system to find a job through a temporary work permit issued by Identity Malta, the Times of Malta is informed. Sources, particularly in the catering and restaurants sectorHundreds of South Asians seek work with temporary permit
Hundreds of South Asian migrants are taking advantage of a new employment registration system to find a job through a temporary work permit issued by Identity Malta, the Times of Malta is informed. Sources, particularly in the catering and restaurants sector, said they have been approached by dozens of Nepalese and Pakistani citizens in the past months asking them for work. “Many are turning up outside our establishments on a daily basis asking us for work, particularly low-level, unskilled jobs. To our surprise, when we ask them whether they have a working permit they produce a piece of paper issued by Identity Malta showing they were granted a temporary work permit,” a Gżira restaurant owner said. An entrepreneur who manages a small hotel in St Paul’s Bay said he had been inundated by Nepalese citizens asking if they could serve in the kitchen or do some form of cleaning work. The Times of Malta has seen copies of certificates issued by Identity Malta clearing the way for those holding a visa, particularly of Nepalese and Pakistani origin, to seek work in Malta on a temporary basis. Most of the third country nationals in possession of such documents obtained visas from the... Read more
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