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Iraq issues 1,400 passports for migrants to returnThe Iraqi embassy in Berlin has issued 1,400 passports recently for Iraqi migrants who want to return to their home country, the German foreign ministry said on Monday. A ministry official told Reuters only 150 passports had been More… |
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Bahrain residents urged to renew passportsThousands of Bahrain residents have been urged to renew their passports as the deadline for the worldwide phase-out of handwritten travel documents is fast approaching, a report said. So-called non-machine readable passports (MRPs More… |
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India plans digital passports by 2016India plans to start issuing e-passports to its nationals by 2016, a top official has been quoted as saying. The government is in the process of tendering for the new passports and orders in this regard have been issued, said Mukt More… |
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Dutch firm wins Algeria interior ministry orderNetherlands-based IAI industrial systems said it has won a new order from the Algerian Ministry of the Interior for supply of passport personalisation systems. The Algerian Ministry of the Interior has ordered two IAI BookMaster O More… |
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Bahrain plans law against passport custodyBahrain is set to introduce new rules to tackle the problem of employers withholding the passports of foreign workers, said a top government official. The new system will end the need for employers to keep people's passports, More… |
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ME human trafficking figures hit 600,000Around 600,000 men, women and children are trafficked in the region annually - most of them in the Gulf, said a United Nations expert. The massive number of expatriates seeking work in the region made foreign jobseekers vulnerable More… |
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Bahrain warns on withholding of passportsEmployers in Bahrain who withhold passports of foreign workers on the pretext of protecting their rights have been condemned by a senior government official. "Employers should safeguard their rights by drafting clear employme More… |
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Bahrain warns on withholding of passportsEmployers in Bahrain who withhold passports of foreign workers on the pretext of protecting their rights have been condemned by a senior government official. "Employers should safeguard their rights by drafting clear employme More… |
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Indian passport services firm to expandOctic International, a Bahrain company that offers Indian passport and visa services, plans to open more branches soon, said its general manager. The company, which has just celebrated its first anniversary, has issued around 29,000 passpo More… |
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Indian passport services firm to expandOctic International, a Bahrain company that offers Indian passport and visa services, plans to open more branches soon, said its general manager. The company, which has just celebrated its first anniversary, has issued around 29,000 passpo More… |
