Only 50% TKI use KL amnesty: Govt

JAKARTA: Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Fahmi Idris said on Tuesday that only 76,000 Indonesian migrant workers (TKI), or a little over half of the 150,000 TKI expected to return, took advantage of the amnesty program offered by Malaysia to repatriate.

"As of Nov. 28, about 76,000 people have returned, but I really hope at least 150,000 of them will return under the program," Fahmi said.

Around 700,000 Indonesians work illegally in Malaysia, which has vowed to deport all illegal immigrants beginning early next year. -- Antara