Foreign fishermen sent back home

MANADO, North Sulawesi: North Sulawesi immigration authorities deported 116 Philippine fishermen in the first eight months of the year for illegally fishing in Indonesian waters.

Most of them were detained in small boats in Indonesia's eastern waters Antara reported.

Provincial immigration official, Soenaryo, acknowledged here Monday that most of the fishermen strayed into Indonesian waters because they lacked knowledge of maritime boundaries.

"They are usually deported on a ship owned by the Philippine government," he said.