Less than 1pct approvals issued for migrant workers since Feb 15

The government has approved less than one percent of 475,678 applications received from employers looking to hire migrant workers since the submission process was opened on Feb 15.

Human Resource Minister M Saravanan (above) said 2,605 approvals or 0.55 percent of total applications have so far been issued to hire migrant workers in the manufacturing and plantation sectors.

He said the total applications...