Jalandhar, Nov. 8 -- To check the rising number of visa frauds and illegal migration, the Union ministry of external affairs has launched a special awareness campaign on safe and legal mobility to head abroad.

Addressing an awareness outreach programme at CT Group of Institutes in Jalandhar, Surinder Bhagat, the MEA's protector general of emigrants (PGE), said this is the first such initiative launched in Punjab, aiming at enhancing public awareness on safe, legal, and informed overseas employment opportunities, and sensitising aspiring youth about the dangers of irregular migration and fraudulent overseas employment offers.

"Anyone interested to go to foreign shores for better prospects must check the credentials of the travel agents a...