Illegal immigrant workers wait in line at the Saudi immigration offices at the Alisha area, west of Riyadh. PHOTO: REUTERS
He was speaking at an awareness session organised by the MRC Lahore, in collaboration with the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), organised an awareness session on dangers of illegal migration and merits of legal migration, at the press club on Monday.
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The illegal migration especially towards European countries was a threat to life of the migrants. He asked people to contact the MRC Lahore for seeking any information about migration for study or job. Currently two centres were working in Pakistan, one in Lahore and the other in Islamabad.
He urged the media to play its role in sensitising people about dangers of illegal migration as many mishaps have occurred recently.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 9th, 2017.
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