Immigration conducted a special raid operation against illegal immigrants in Thilafushi yesterday morning in which it detained more than 30 undocumented migrants.
It said that the Immigration team teamed up with the police to conduct the raid in Thilafushi and that 28 Immigration Officers and 35 police officers participated.
Immigration also said that 257 foreigners were searched and questioned in the raid. It detailed that 33 foreigners were taken into custody as they did not have valid visa documentation.
Immigration also another 22 foreigners were given written notice to get their documents in order.
Authorities in the Maldives are frequently conducting such raids to weed out illegal migrants as the Administration looks to decrease the number of documented foreigners in the country.
President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu revealed recently that this administration has deported more than 5,000 illegal migrants in its one year in office and that this number is higher than that of the last three years combined.
