Selangor Immigration Dept repatriates 83,787 foreigners, collects RM42.6m in 17 months

During a 17-month period from May 2023 to September 2023, the Selangor Immigration Department (JIM) successfully repatriated 83,787 foreign nationals through the Migrant Repatriation Programme 2.0, according to Mohmad Khusairi Kamarudin, the department's acting director. This surpasses all other states in terms of registrations and applications.

Among those repatriated, 60,913 were men and 20,293 were women, with the remaining 1,375 boys and 1,206 girls. This accomplishment showcases the program's effectiveness in dealing with undocumented foreign nationals in a targeted manner. Simultaneously, the JIM Selangor collected over RM42.6 million in fines and special pass fees, with more than RM1.68 million originating from special pass fees and nearly RM41 million from compounds.

The acting director encouraged foreign nationals who violated their pass conditions or overstayed in the country to utilize the Voluntary Repatriation Programme, which can be processed at four JIM Selangor branches - Shah Alam, Port Klang, Kelana Jaya, and Kajang. Furthermore, the department intensified enforcement actions in hotspots through the "Mega Integrated Enforcement Operation," resulting in the detention of 242 foreign nationals, aged between 25 and 50, for various immigration offenses, including lacking identification documents, violating pass conditions, and overstaying.

The detained individuals were from Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Nepal, Pakistan, Laos, Myanmar, and Cambodia. The five "Form 29" summonses issued to Malaysian nationals suspected to be employers were aimed at aiding the investigation. The acting director also stressed the need for the public's cooperation in reporting locations and individuals featured on social media influencers, as many previously raided sites have since reopened.