A comprehensive immigration law is necessary for job security and welfare of persons going abroad for employment
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, now on an European tour with some of his cabinet colleagues, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Europe-UK Regional Conference of the Lok Kerala Sabha held in London, a statement issued by the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said, according to a report from PTI.
A comprehensive immigration law is necessary for job security and welfare of persons going abroad for employment, Vijayan said after signing an MoU with the United Kingdom to enable health workers from the southern state to migrate to that country.
The Chief Minister also said it was not the policy of the state government to send everyone abroad and it instead aimed to create a “new Kerala” through development, the statement said. Speaking at the event, the Chief Minister said his government’s aim was to further empower the education sector in the state and make Kerala a hub of higher education.
He also sought the ideas and support of non-resident Indians for creating more employment opportunities in the industrial sector of Kerala, according to the statement. The MoU was signed after discussions between Norka Roots of Kerala government and the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS), the statement said.
Its objective is to enable smooth migration of healthcare professionals such as doctors, nurses and paramedical staff through safe, transparent and legal channels, the CMO statement said. The first phase of the Kerala-UK project would see creation of more than 3,000 vacancies for various professionals in the health sector, the statement said.
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