PATNA: Beware if you are planning to go overseas for livelihood from Bihar and Jharkhand!
In all, 68 unauthorised agencies from both states have been identified and a crackdown against them is on.
“As of now, Bihar and Jharkhand have 11 and 5 registered overseas placement agencies respectively, Protector of the Emigrants Tavisi B Pandey said.
The unauthorised agencies charge a hefty sum for arranging visas. Recently, FIRs were lodged against two agencies in Patna’s Kankarbagh police stations, and 28 passports were seized by the Patna-based Bihar-Jharkhand Protector of Emigrants.
According to a source, more than 1 lakh people from Bihar migrate to 18 gulf countries per year. However, half of the emigrants (50,000) go abroad in illegal ways.