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Ahmadul Kobir, Malaysia: Malaysia’s Immigration Department has repatriated 107 foreign nationals from nine countries, including Bangladesh, who were detained for violating the country’s immigration laws.
They were sent back to their respective countries on November 4 through Terminals 1 and 2 of Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).
The Kedah State Immigration Department (JIM) disclosed the information in a statement issued on Thursday.
Of the 107 individuals repatriated, 85 were men, 18 were women, two were boys and two were girls. They were nationals of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Egypt, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Macau.
According to the Kedah Immigration Department, the migrants had been held at the Belantik Immigration Detention Depot in Sik district of Kedah before being repatriated.
The costs associated with their return to their respective countries were borne by their family members and employers.
The individuals had been convicted of violating Malaysia’s Immigration Act 1959/63 (Act 155) and the Immigration Regulations 1963. They were repatriated after serving their respective sentences.
To prevent them from re-entering Malaysia, the names of all 107 individuals have been placed on the country’s immigration blacklist. They will therefore be barred from entering the country in the future.
The Kedah Immigration Department said the repatriation exercise was part of its ongoing monitoring and law enforcement efforts against immigration offenders.
It added that operations to identify, detain and repatriate foreign nationals residing in Malaysia illegally would continue.
Earlier, during the final week of October, a total of 182 detained foreign nationals from nine countries were repatriated from the Pekan Nanas Immigration Detention Depot in Johor. Among them were 45 Bangladeshis.
