TEMPO.CO, Nunukan - Many Indonesian migrant workers are still working illegally in Malaysia. Throughout January to September 2016, 3,622 illegal migrant workers had been deported by Malaysia through Nunukan, North Kalimantan.
Without specifying the comparative figure, Nasution, the head of Immigration Checking Unit (TPI) of Nunukan International Taka Tuni Port, said on Monday, October 10, that the number of workers deported in the first nine months of 2016 is higher compared to the same period in 2015.
More stringent monitoring of foreign workers in Negeri Sabah, Malaysia, has resulted in the deportation of Indonesian illegal workers on almost a weekly basis.
Data from Nunukan Immigration Office shows that the number of illegal Indonesian migrant workers deported from Malaysia in January was 282 people, 52 of whom are women. Those deported in February was 518 people (139 women), March was 393 people (72 women), April was 338 people (59 women), May was 371 people (83 women), June was 604 people (128 women), July was 450 people (92 women), August was 278 people (38 women) and September was 388 people (73 women).
Most of the Indonesian illegal migrant workers deported from Malaysia hailed from South Sulawesi with 2,131 workers, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) with 610 workers, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) with 81 workers and 80 workers were from Java. Whereas the rest came from North Kalimantan, Southeast Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, Maluku, West Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, Sumatra and Southeast Sulawesi.
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