Foreign fishermen sent back home

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.