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35527
Sun, 12/14/2008 - 00:31
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MALAYSIA DEPORTS 151 INDONESIAN ILLEGAL MIGRANT WORKERS
Tanjungpinang, Dec 13 - (ANTARA) - Malaysia once again deported 151 Indonesian illegal migrant workers (TKIs) to Indonesia on Friday night, an immigration official said here on Saturday.
"The Indonesian illegal workers were deported from Malaysia's Pasir Gudang port to Indonesia's Sri Binta Pura port in Tanjungpinang," head of border affairs at the Tanjungpinang Immigration Office Ispaisah said.
He said the Indonesian migrant workers consisted of 146 men, 4 women and one child. "One female worker was suffering from an illness when she was repatriated," Ispaisah said.
The deported Indonesian TKIs who were arrested for working illegally in Malaysia will be sent to their respective villages by the Indonesian government.
A task force for problematic TKIs has been established in Tanjungpinang city to help the Indonesian government handle problematic Indonesian workers repatriated through the port.
Ispaisah said Malaysia was repatriating thousands of problematic TKIs every month.
Deputy chief of the National Body for Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI), Mardjono, said in Jember, East Java, on Wednesday that about 1.2 million TKIs were working in Malaysia, mostly in the plantation sector.
He said that amid the current global crisis, Malaysia was deporting 300 to 400 Indonesian migrant workers (TKIs) almost every day. Mardjono said the number of Indonesian migrant workers overseas reached 6 million.
Speaking at a national working meeting of the BNP2TKI, Mardjono said the number of Indonesian workers facing deportation was expected to increase in the months ahead due to the global economic crisis.
"The global crisis is having a serious effect on Indonesian workers in Malaysia," he said.
A great number of Indonesians working in countries affected by the global crisis were facing deportation within the next few months, he said.
In the last three years, 69,041 TKIs were repatriated from a number of countries including Malaysia, Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore, he said.
The causes of the repatriations included layoffs, accidents, sickness or employers' failure to pay the workers' salaries.
"The Indonesian illegal workers were deported from Malaysia's Pasir Gudang port to Indonesia's Sri Binta Pura port in Tanjungpinang," head of border affairs at the Tanjungpinang Immigration Office Ispaisah said.
He said the Indonesian migrant workers consisted of 146 men, 4 women and one child. "One female worker was suffering from an illness when she was repatriated," Ispaisah said.
The deported Indonesian TKIs who were arrested for working illegally in Malaysia will be sent to their respective villages by the Indonesian government.
A task force for problematic TKIs has been established in Tanjungpinang city to help the Indonesian government handle problematic Indonesian workers repatriated through the port.
Ispaisah said Malaysia was repatriating thousands of problematic TKIs every month.
Deputy chief of the National Body for Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI), Mardjono, said in Jember, East Java, on Wednesday that about 1.2 million TKIs were working in Malaysia, mostly in the plantation sector.
He said that amid the current global crisis, Malaysia was deporting 300 to 400 Indonesian migrant workers (TKIs) almost every day. Mardjono said the number of Indonesian migrant workers overseas reached 6 million.
Speaking at a national working meeting of the BNP2TKI, Mardjono said the number of Indonesian workers facing deportation was expected to increase in the months ahead due to the global economic crisis.
"The global crisis is having a serious effect on Indonesian workers in Malaysia," he said.
A great number of Indonesians working in countries affected by the global crisis were facing deportation within the next few months, he said.
In the last three years, 69,041 TKIs were repatriated from a number of countries including Malaysia, Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore, he said.
The causes of the repatriations included layoffs, accidents, sickness or employers' failure to pay the workers' salaries.
