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Only 2,800 illegals go back voluntarily – director
KOTA KINABALU Nov 12, 2011: Immigration Director Mohammad Mentek said only a handful of illegal immigrants have returned to their countries of origin voluntarily since the registration exercise ended last month.
He said to date, only 2,800 people had left the state to return to their respective countries of origin from the 161,370 illegal immigrants registered under the 5P (Registration, Amnesty, Monitoring, Enforcement and Repatriation) programme.
They comprise 115,046 Indonesians, 45,894 Filipinos and 430 others.
“We are currently on our fourth ‘P’, which stands for Penguatkuasaan (Enforcement). We are tracing down those registered but have yet to return ‘home’. In fact, we have made a few arrests already. A major crackdown is in the pipeline,” said Mohammad but could not furnish the record.
He added that of the overall figure, 84,570 of them are still employed under various sectors after their bosses acted as guarantors for their work permits.
“A total of 63,146 are employed under the plantation sector, 14,406 (agriculture), 1,961 (manufacturing), 525 (construction) and 35 (services),” he told reporters after attending the Sabah Security Working Group meeting, chaired by State Secretary Datuk Sukarti Wakiman at Wisma Innoprise here yesterday.
Mohammad added that they are tracking down the remaining illegal immigrants who failed to return home after the amnesty period ended on Oct 31.
“We realise that some of them are faced with problems in obtaining travel documents from their respective embassies but we are discussing with the Filipino and Indonesian officials to expedite the issuance of their passports,” he said.
After go back and then not less than 1 month return again!
BalasPadamThis issue cannot be solved if their Government sitting there without doing anything to make sure their people not entering others countries without any document.
BalasPadamHarap mereka yang didaftar dibawah program ini akan mematuhi peraturan.
BalasPadamSemoga program 6P ini boleh berjalan lancar dengan kerjasama semua.
BalasPadamThe embassies should solve their problems immediately.
BalasPadamsemua pati haruslah mematuhi setiap peraturan yang ditetapkan bagi mengelakkan sebarang masalah atau tindakan undang-undang.
BalasPadamharap program 5P akan memberikan hasil yang berkesan..
BalasPadamAmbil tindakan terhadap mereka yang ingkar.
BalasPadamapa cerita program 5P di Sabah sekarang? bila operasi besar2an akan dilaksanakan dibawah program ini?
BalasPadamsaya rasa kerajaan perlu juga memberikan tumpuan kepada kawalan sempadan negeri/negara terutamanya kawasan perairan.. tidak ada gunanya PATI ini pulang atau dihantar ke negara asal jika mereka boleh menyusup masuk ke negeri/negara ini pada bila2 masa..
BalasPadamtunggulah sampai diusir keluar baru bertindak.
BalasPadampasti banyak kesukaran untuk mengurus PATI dari Filipina ni memandangkan tiada konsul mereka di Sabah.
BalasPadamNampak masih ramai yang berada dalam negara kita selepas program 5P tersebut. Cuma 2,800 balik ke Negara mereka yang selebihnya masih belum bertindak berbuat demikian.
BalasPadammasih ramai lagi PATI yang belum balik ke negara mereka, mereka seharusnya balik sementara peluang masih ada. jgn tunggu operasi dilakukan.
BalasPadamprogram 5P ini diharap berjaya.
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