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Malaysia to launch operation against illegal immigrants

Malaysia,Immigration/Law/Rights, Thu, 09 Jan 2014 IANS

Kuala Lumpur, Jan 9 (IANS) Malaysian Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said Thursday that a large-scale operation would be conducted against the country's illegal immigrants from Jan 21.

Ahmad Zahid said the operation will kick off a day after the special programme on the management of illegal immigrants ends Jan 20, Xinhua reported.

He said the cost of sending back the illegal immigrants to their countries would be borne by the immigrants themselves, their employers or the missions of their countries.

Moreover, the illegal immigrants' biometric fingerprint will be registered before their deportation, in a bid to prevent them from getting back to the country, under a different name, the home minister added.

The illegal immigrants in Malaysia are believed to have reduced the country's employment opportunities and strained public services, such as security, health and education.

As of August 2012, there were 1.3 mn illegal immigrants in Malaysia, while another 1.5 mn have the temporary working visiting pass, according to the immigration department.


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