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Immigration: 840k undocumented migrant surrenders since 2014

About 840,000 undocumented migrants have surrendered voluntarily for deportation to their countries of origin under the 3+1 amnesty programme since its inception in 2014.

Immigration Department director-general Mustafar Ali said in the same period, a total of RM400 million in compounds had also been collected.

Speaking at press conference in Putrajaya today, he said this year alone, a total of 148,774 undocumented migrants surrendered themselves under the programme.

Mustafar said in order to ensure smooth running of the 3+1 programme which expires on Aug 30, Immigration service counters nationwide would operate on weekends this month from 8am to 5pm.

As such, he urged undocumented migrants to make the most of the remaining days of the programme.

"In conjunction with the National Day on Aug 31, we will carry out efforts to liberate Malaysia from undocumented migrants," he said adding that a total of 8,694 operations had been conducted nationwide, with 26,200 undocumented migrants and 700 employers arrested, from January until last Thursday.

In the meantime, Mustafar said employers and undocumented migrants participated in the rehiring programme who were found to have failed to settle their compounds within the stipulated period would be blacklisted beginning Sept 1.

"Offenders who have been blacklisted will be barred from leaving the country, applying for passports and travel documents as well as carrying out any transaction at the Immigration Department," he said.

- Bernama

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