Malaysia Deports 133 Indonesian Migrant Workers Through Tanjungpinang

Illustration of illegal Indonesian immigrants (ANTARA)

TANJUNGPINANG - Hundreds of Indonesian migrant workers (PMI) have returned to the Malaysian government through the Tanjungpinang International Port of Sri Bintan Pura (SBP).

A total of 133 migrant workers from Indonesia arrived at the Tanjungpinang Sri Bintan Pura International Port (SBP). Those who were sent home were migrant workers who did not have official documents.

Arriving at the port, the migrant workers were immediately in the data and then taken to a temporary shelter before being sent back to their respective areas of origin.

According to the Director General (Dirjen) of the Ministry of Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers Muhammad Fachri, the hundreds of migrant workers who were repatriated consisted of 21 women and 112 men.

Fachri said that this repatriation is part of a total of 7,200 migrant workers who will be gradually repatriated to Indonesia in the next two years.

"This is part of a total of approximately 7,200 people who will be gradually repatriated to Indonesia within the next two years, and now it has entered the third batch," Muhammad Fachri told reporters, Tuesday, February 25.

After being recorded by officers, hundreds of these migrant workers were then taken by bus which had been provided to the temporary shelter, before finally being returned to their respective areas of origin.