280 illegal workers arrive back home

Sat, 05 Mar 2005, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

SEMARANG: Some 280 illegal migrant workers arrived back in
Semarang's Tanjung Emas Port from Malaysia on board navy ship KRI
Tanjung Nusanive on Thursday evening.

The ship was carrying a total of around 2,000 illegal migrant
workers, with the remainder coming from East Java and West Java.

One of the workers, 38-year-old Siti Janatin, had to be taken
to the Dr. Kariadi Hospital in Semarang after suffering a stroke.

After reporting to immigration and manpower officials, the
workers were given Rp 25,000 (US$2.78) in transportation money to
pay for their fares back to their hometowns. -- JP

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