Thread: Over 1,300 NTB migrant workers deported from Malaysia

Over 1,300 NTB migrant
workers deported from Malaysia

Panca Nugraha, thejakartapost.com, Mataram | Archipelago | Mon, July 06 2015, 2:33 PM

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The Malaysian government has deported 1,313 migrant workers from West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) so far this year, mostly for not having proper documentation, overstaying or involvement in criminal acts.

"On Sunday we received 21 migrant workers deported from Malaysia. They are among the 1,315 workers deported as of July this year," head of migrant workers employment and protection section of the NTB Manpower and Transmigration Agency Zaenal told thejakartapost.com in Mataram on Monday.

"Many of them arrived in Malaysia legally, but because they moved to new employers they became illegal because their documents were still held by their old employers," he said.
He added that the cost of transporting the deported workers from Jakarta to Lembar Port in West Lombok, NTB was borne by the Ministry of Social Services, from the port to their respected cities, their costs were paid by the local manpower and transmigration agencies.

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