Deported RI migrants arrive in Makassar

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Some 670 illegal workers from South Sulawesi who were deported from Malaysia have arrived in Parepare district here, a local immigration official said.

The Malaysian government deported the Indonesian workers because they did not have proper documents, the official, Kaharuddin, said here on Tuesday.

"They arrived on Monday on board the MV Varuna Sakti from Tawau, Malaysia," he said, adding that the deportation was the second largest after the 10,000 Sulawesi workers who were deported in August last year. -- Antara