Crackdown on illegal migrants continues with 50 nabbed in Masjid India KL
Thursday, 16 Aug 20189:23 PM MYT
by m. kumar
Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali (standing, left) during the raid on illegal immigrants on Thursday. -Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: The crackdown on illegal immigrants by the Immigration Department continues with around 50 people arrested along Jalan Bunus, Masjid India here.
The crackdown, part of Ops Mega 3.0, which started on July 1, took place around 4pm on Thursday (Aug 16) in the heart of the nation’s capital with around 60 Immigration officers targetting the illegal immigrants working in the area.
The department’s director-general Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali said that the raid was an ongoing effort to rid the country of all illegal immigrants in the country.
"This is the last chance for them to surrender and return to their home countries," he said at the raid, referring to the 3+1 amnesty programme, which ends this month.
Starting Aug 31, large-scale operations will be conducted, he warned, adding that there will be no extension to the deadline.
Mustafar said under the 3+1 amnesty programme, illegal immigrants are required to pay a RM300 fine and RM100 for a special pass that will allow them to go back to their respective countries.
“They bear the transportation cost to go back. If they cannot afford it, then their respective embassies or family members must cover the cost.
“Since the start of the amnesty programme in 2014 to Aug 1 this year, over 840,000 illegal immigrants have been repatriated while RM400mil in compounds have been collected,” he said.
Mustafar said Immigration is not waiting for Aug 31 to begin its crackdown.
From January until Aug 15, there have been a total of 9,208 raids. 28,063 illegal immigrants and 799 of their employers have been nabbed.
Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/08/16/crackdown-on-illegal-migrants-continues-50-nabbed-in-masjid-india/#zurTStKbjhA4jFUB.99
