MOLSA: Criteria for bringing workers to Iraq

INA - BAGHDAD

The Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Ahmed Al-Asadi, set the criteria for bringing workers to Iraq, indicating that the ministry seeks to find solutions within the law to address the situation of Syrians in the country.

Al-Asadi met with the Syrian Ambassador to Iraq, Sattam Al-Dandah, and discussed the possibility of settling the situation of Syrian workers in Iraq, according to a statement by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs - received by the Iraqi News Agency - INA.

"The ministry seeks to find solutions within the law to address the situation of Syrians in the country," he added, noting that "there are governing laws, including the Labor Law, that require the registration of the worker and the entity he works for in the Ministry of Labor."

He added that "by the historical relationship that binds the two countries and the two brotherly peoples, we ought to search for solutions within the legal terms," noting that "the ministry faced a problem regarding workers entering through the Kurdistan Region, which requires correcting their legal status in cooperation with the relevant authorities, including the Ministry of Interior."

"The ministry is ready to cooperate in easing procedures and controls regarding the conditions of Syrian workers while stressing the importance of adopting the certificate of experience and competence in bringing skilled workers into the country," he expressed.