TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Malaysian Government deported 229 Indonesian migrant workers that worked in Sabah to Nunukan Regency, North Kalimantan. Chairman of Technical Implementation Unit (UPT) Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI) in Nunukan, FJ Ginting, said that it was conducted by implementing strict health protocols.

"Hundreds of TKI (Indonesian migrant workers) that are being deported today have been vaccinated in Malaysia, and the PCR test results have came out," Ginting said Saturday, December 11.

The deported workers arrived at Tunon Taka Port, Nunukan Regency, and were transported by two vessels on Friday, December 10. As they arrived, the workers were immediately picked-up by immigration and police officers for health document check done by the officers from port health office.

As many as 127 people do not have legal document to work in Malaysia, 33 were born in Malaysia, 61 involved in narcotics cases, two were incriminated in murder case and other criminal cases.

Of the 229 migrant workers, 44 are women, 177 men, and eight children. The deported workers are mostly originally from East Nusa Tenggara at 87 people, South Sulawesi at 37 people. The rests are from West Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, as well as Sumatra and Java islands.

The migrant workers, Ginting said, are temporarily accommodated in rental flats (Rusunawa) for five days before they are repatriated to their hometowns.

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