JAKARTA - Deputy Minister for Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (Wamen P2MI) Christina Aryani said deportation is a risk for Indonesian citizens, especially migrant workers who enter Malaysia unprocedurally or illegally.
This was conveyed by him by the age of welcoming hundreds of Indonesian migrant workers who were deported from Malaysia in Nunukan, North Kalimantan (Kaltara), Tuesday, June 3.
"It could be that we can't wait for the process, then choose to use broker services or maybe someone who is deceived to leave is promised an easy job in Malaysia, but it turns out to be unprocedural," said Christina in her statement, Wednesday, June 4.
The forced repatriation of illegal Indonesian migrant workers this time became the fourth deportation process accompanied by the Consulate of the Republic of Indonesia (KRI) in Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia.
It is known, as many as 127 Indonesian migrant workers were deported from Sabah, Malaysia. Of these, the most came from North Kalimantan, namely 56 people, South Sulawesi 42 people, East Nusa Tenggara 8 people, West Sulawesi 7 people, Southeast Sulawesi 5 people, Central Sulawesi 4 people, West Nusa Tenggara 3 people and East Kalimantan 4 people.
Various factors are the reason hundreds of Indonesian migrant workers were deported. With details, as many as 51 people entered Malaysia illegally, 41 people overstayed, 31 people were involved in drug cases and 4 people were involved in other criminal cases.
"Well, we are concerned about watching our residents be deported like this," said Christina.
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During his visit this time, Deputy Minister Christina also directly inspected the rat routes commonly used by illegal Indonesian migrant workers entering Malaysia via Tawau, Sabah.
"It is difficult to maintain all possible crossings, because they are very wide. Then, there are also many places that can be entrances," he said.
Malaysia is listed as one of the main destination countries for Indonesian migrant workers with a total placement of 142,021 services from January 2023 to April 2025.
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