Once bitten, twice shy - migrant workers shun vaccination programme

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“Is it possible for them not to take any action? If the police see there are undocumented migrants, won’t they arrest us?”This was the reaction of 'Salim' (not his real name), a Bangladeshi migrant worker, when asked whether he had registered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP).Asked whether he believes the government’s promise of “not arresting migrant workers”, he laughed.Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin had previously said that the national immunisation programme would include undocumented foreign nationals and he gave his assurance that the government would not arrest those who come forward for vaccination.In contrast, when the pandemic hit the country earlier last year, Immigration Department officers conducted several large-scale raids and arrested hundreds of undocumented migrants. These images are still fresh in…