Hyderabad: The Telangana NRI advisory committee urged the MPs from the state to strengthen key protections in the proposed Overseas Mobility (Facilitation and Welfare) Bill, 2025, warning that several migrant safeguards have been diluted in the latest draft.

During a four-day visit to Delhi, vice chairman Mandha Bheem Reddy and committee member Chennamaneni Srinivas Rao submitted a detailed report on the concerns. The Overseas Mobility (Facilitation and Welfare) Bill, 2025, is set to replace the Emigration Act, 1983, impacting a significant Indian migrant worker population.

What does the new Bill say

The committee stated that the new Bill removes direct access to courts, merges women and child specific safeguards into a broad “vulnerable classes” category, drops mandatory fee disclosur

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