Rp 7b earmarked for repatriations

Rp 7b earmarked for repatriations

SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: East Kalimantan provincial government will earmark Rp 7 billion (US$ 736,842) to handle the imminent repatriation of Indonesian migrant workers from Malaysia.

Hundreds of thousands of Indonesian migrant workers will be deported soon from Malaysia for entering the neighboring country illegally. The provincial government also poured in a similar amount of money when it handled the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Indonesian migrant workers in 2002, according to provincial government secretary Syaiful Teteng. -- JP