Illegals ’smuggled in’
14/4/08
Illegal Chinese migrants are allegedly entering the country in large numbers in shipping containers bound for the Ramu nickel mine. The ships coming from China carrying equipment for the Ramu nickel mine reportedly go straight to Basamuk Bay where the illegal migrants are off-loaded in large shipping containers. These illegal migrants were then reportedly doing jobs which locals could do and pushing the local landowners out of job opportunities in the mine. This was revealed by Rai Coast Member Niuro Toko Sapia on Friday when he briefly raised it during Grievance Debate in Parliament.