Philipsburg:--- Several persons gathered at the Island Labour Department to receive either a number or document to make their payments at the Island Receivers office on Thursday for their BTA working permit.Police were called to the scene when the crowd began getting out of control when they were told that the people who received their numbers on Thursday morning would not be attended to and that they needed to go home.
Several angry immigrant workers at the Island Labour Department told SMN News that they submitted their documents at the IND Office (BTA Department) and were told that they must visit the Island Labour Department for another document before they can make their payments for the processing of their permits.A large crowd of people was also seen at the IND office on Illidge Road on Thursday as several immigrant workers who are working and residing on St. Maarten were trying to legalise their status on the last day of the BTA process.
