• Amendments to two bills to stem illegal exodus awaiting Senate nod • Organised beggary made criminal offence on request of Gulf countries • Experts say harsher sentences ineffective without reforms in monitoring, prosecution mechanisms On February 17, five bills were passed by the National Assembly without any debate on the floor. Two of these bills pertained to a pressing humanitarian, legal and diplomatic crisis … Continue reading Analysis: Stern penalty, no victim liability proposed to curb human smuggling