Malaysia to deport a large number of undocumented Indonesian migrants
12 June, 2021
Indonesia is preparing to receive a large number of deportees from Malaysia, a good government official said on Friday (Jun 11), amid a crackdown there on undocumented employees and as the country suffers its most severe coronavirus outbreak up to now.
Malaysia will send back about 7,200 persons to Indonesia, which wants the most vulnerable people, including females and children held found in detention centres, to come to be returned first, said Femmy Eka Kartika Putri of Indonesia's coordinating ministry for people development.
Millions of undocumented personnel from Indonesia, Myanmar and Nepal and Bangladesh function in Malaysia, often found in the plantation, construction and manufacturing sectors.
But Malaysia has toughened its stance during the pandemic, arresting and deporting a large number of undocumented migrants. COVID-19 cases and deaths struck record levels previous month in Malaysia, which has the virtually all cases per capita in Southeast Asia.
Malaysia's foreign ministry directed queries on the road to the immigration department, which declined to comment, but the plan comes amid a good nationwide lockdown.
Wahyu Susilo, founder of the Migrant Care, a good non-governmental group, said authorities were scrambling to support the planned influx, with no system in place to make certain adequate care, such as social assistance.
"There are no particular mitigation efforts post-deportation," he said.
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