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33788
Wed, 12/03/2008 - 20:52
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M'SIA HAS NO INTENTION TO LEGALISE PRESENCE OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian government has no intention
to change the status of illegal immigrants to that of legal migrants to avoid
their exodus in the country, Deputy Home Minister Chor Chee Heung told
Parliament Wednesday.
"Several years ago, when illegal immigrants heard that the government would
legalise their migration, it indirectly encouraged more illegal immigrants to
come to the country," he said in response to a supplementary question by Mohd
Nor Othman, a MP who wanted to know if the government had any
plans to do so to facilitate management and monitoring of illegal immigrants in
the country, some of who were criminals.
Chor said foreign workers intending to work in Malaysia were required to
possess the necessary documents, which are valid, to be able to do so.
Earlier, Mohd Nor, in his original question, wanted to know the number of
illegal immigrants in the country this year as well as the number of those
deported and the cost incurred for the purpose.
Chor said based on statistics by the Immigration Department, a total of
55,618 illegal immigrants were detained in operations conducted by the
department, police and the People's Volunteer Corps between January and
September and 42,389 illegal immigrants were deported to their respective
countries of origin.
He said the deportation cost the government more than RM10 million
(US$1=RM3.63).
Information released by the National Registration Department on
illegal
immigrants detained this year showed that 24,093 of them were Indonesians, 9,512
people were from the Philippines, Bangladesh (3,115), Myanmar (4,510), India
(2,024) and 1,772 people were from Thailand.
To a supplementary question by Mohd Nasir Zakaria, an opposition MP
whether the government had ever discussed with the governments of countries
where the illegal immigrants came from for them to share the cost of the
deportation, Chor said that so far, Malaysia received cooperation from the
Philippines and Indonesian governments in the issuing of documents to facilitate
deportation of their citizens.
-- BERNAMA
to change the status of illegal immigrants to that of legal migrants to avoid
their exodus in the country, Deputy Home Minister Chor Chee Heung told
Parliament Wednesday.
"Several years ago, when illegal immigrants heard that the government would
legalise their migration, it indirectly encouraged more illegal immigrants to
come to the country," he said in response to a supplementary question by Mohd
Nor Othman, a MP who wanted to know if the government had any
plans to do so to facilitate management and monitoring of illegal immigrants in
the country, some of who were criminals.
Chor said foreign workers intending to work in Malaysia were required to
possess the necessary documents, which are valid, to be able to do so.
Earlier, Mohd Nor, in his original question, wanted to know the number of
illegal immigrants in the country this year as well as the number of those
deported and the cost incurred for the purpose.
Chor said based on statistics by the Immigration Department, a total of
55,618 illegal immigrants were detained in operations conducted by the
department, police and the People's Volunteer Corps between January and
September and 42,389 illegal immigrants were deported to their respective
countries of origin.
He said the deportation cost the government more than RM10 million
(US$1=RM3.63).
Information released by the National Registration Department on
illegal
immigrants detained this year showed that 24,093 of them were Indonesians, 9,512
people were from the Philippines, Bangladesh (3,115), Myanmar (4,510), India
(2,024) and 1,772 people were from Thailand.
To a supplementary question by Mohd Nasir Zakaria, an opposition MP
whether the government had ever discussed with the governments of countries
where the illegal immigrants came from for them to share the cost of the
deportation, Chor said that so far, Malaysia received cooperation from the
Philippines and Indonesian governments in the issuing of documents to facilitate
deportation of their citizens.
-- BERNAMA
