Refugees registering for work

sean grima

Mar 9th 2010, 10:13

registering means seeking employment. it does not mean that all those who work do so illegally. seeing that they have a right to do what they want with the money they earn legally ( if they are working here legally, that means they are here legally), there is nothing wrong with them sending the money back home.

marthese mussett

Mar 8th 2010, 23:26

19...or 1900? This surely must be a misprint.If God forbid my husband or sons ever need to go to Hal Far I would make sure to pack them a bag of food and drinks....so they can eat while waiting in the queuecos I ve heard there s queues of Africans there and you have to wait for quite a while...19 ...surely this is a misprint.

One world R.

Mar 8th 2010, 22:41

@ igalea this is a nice step forward , they will take part to build the community , they pay social security and tax , and that will make the economy grow and they will spend all that money in the country . 19 is not good number when you compare number of immigrants in malta we need to see more

lgalea

Mar 8th 2010, 19:23

M Cassar You are right. I've been many times to banks and also post offices where you can see illegal immigrants sending money back home to the detriment of Maltese workers and the Maltese economy. To have an idea of the damage done when money is taken out of Malta, according to a certain Maltese professor the Marginal Propensity to Consume (MPC) in Malta is around 85%. This means that for every €100 earned, €85 are spent and put back into the economy. Then 85% of those €85 which amount to €72.25 are again spent by those who received them and in turn 85% of those €72.25 or €52.2 again spent by those who receive them. Then again 85% of those €52.2 or €44.37 are again spent and this goes on. This is known as the multiplier effect and anyone can easily see how €100 removed from the Maltese economy by the illegal immigrants have a much larger effect on the Maltese economy than simply €100. Multiply this by the thousands of illegal immigrants and you can imagine the massive effect on our economy.

Claire Busuttil

Mar 8th 2010, 16:51

Are they receiving some employment benefits?

M Cassar

Mar 8th 2010, 13:34

19? are you kidding..Just go to Halfar one can see hundreds, to the social security office where you have to wait after long lines of africans. So what are the other 10 thousand doing in not registering? Working illegally and sending the money abroad to the detriment of the Maltese economy I guess.!