3,094 Unregistered Recruitment Agents In Country: MEA Cites eMigrate Portal
New Delhi: As of October 2024, a total of 3,094 unregistered agents in India have been notified on the eMigrate portal. This information was revealed by Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh in a written response to a question raised by CPI MP P Santhosh Kumar in the Rajya Sabha on December 5, Thursday.
Minister said: “Ministry comes to know about such fraudulent activities of illegal/unscrupulous recruitment agents/agencies in the country as and when a complaint is filed by aggrieved emigrants or their relatives/friends/family members, who have been cheated by their employers, as these Indian nationals proceed abroad on their own volition through fraudulent/unscrupulous recruitment agents/agencies and through illegal channels.”
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Minister stated that they have issued advisories through eMigrate portal, social media pages and other modes of publicity concerning the dangers of fake job rackets and ways to avoid it. The eMigrate portal introduced by the government aims to assist registration, track recruitment, and provide access to authorised employers, and offer a grievance redressal mechanism for Indian workers abroad.
Adding further, he claimed that the awareness campaign on safe and legal migration through eMigrate portal is executed by the Ministry nationwide every now and then by conducting workshops, trainings, information sessions, digital campaigns for media groups, police officials and law enforcement agencies, local administration, aspiring recruiting agents, entrepreneurs and general public.
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In the query, Minister has also answered that when complaints against the illegal agents or shady firms undertaking illegal migration or human trafficking are received, the MEA refer the matters to the State police for investigation and prosecution under the relevant legal provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and other applicable laws, including the ones implemented by the State Governments. Besides, in the cyber realm, measures are also taken against illegal recruiting agents in association with Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and State Police authorities. Also, demands to remove social media posts of illegal Recruiting Agents from across India have been regularly shared with I4C.
