The Maldivian economy, especially the “health sector and school system,” depends heavily on the huge foreign workforce, but offers them “almost no religious freedom” though they make up a quarter of the population...Employment contracts...do not generally explicitly restrict freedom of religion or belief. However, conditions such as "not to indulge in anything that would hurt the local community" are understood by migrant workers that the should not engage in non-Muslim practices...According to the Government, there are about 80,000 in the country, about half from Bangladesh with most others from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Indonesia...the Maldives Transport and Contracting Company...openly stated...that it operates separate queues for locals and Bangladeshis to catch ferries...the Maldives prevents the import of non-Muslim books and other religious items –for example by searching the luggage of foreigners for "un-Islamic" materials.