10,000 illegal workers deported

10,000 illegal workers deported

PEKANBARU, Riau: Nearly 10,000 Indonesians deported by
Malaysia arrived at Dumai port between January and April this
year, a local official said yesterday.

A spokesman for the Riau immigration office Sudarjono said
that several thousand other illegal Indonesian workers are
awaiting repatriation through the same port.

This week, about 500 workers are expected to arrive from the
prospering neighbor, he said as quoted by Antara.

"Malaysia has financed all the repatriation. We're only
helping them (workers) return to their home villages," Sudarjono
said.

More than 300,000 Indonesians work, either legally or
otherwise, in Malaysia's plantation and construction sectors.