A total of 9,241 undocumented migrants were detained while 13,127 people were deported by the Immigration Department of Malaysia from early this year until July 8.
The department's director-general Khairul Dzaimee Daud said 53,195 individuals were questioned in 2,011 operations during the period.
“A total of 99 employers were also detained during the period while those deported comprised 10,418 men, 2,276 women, 289 boys, and 144 girls,” he said in a statement today.
Based on the department’s statistics, he said 80,865 people were repatriated through the recalibration programme implemented from last Dec 21 to July 8.
Meanwhile, he added that 63 foreign workers were detained in Ops Pauh earlier today at a foreign worker settlement of a construction project in Yarra Park, Sungai Petani, Kedah.
Those detained comprised 35 from Myanmar, 14 from Indonesia, and 14 from Bangladesh.
“In the operation which ended at 2.20am, all those detained were found to have committed offences under Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 and Section 15(1)(c) of the same act,” he said.
- Bernama
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