Foreign nationals are seen in this file photo being held at an immigration depot. Checks were conducted on more than 146,000 foreigners this year, a senior official said. (Bernama pic)KOTA BHARU: More than 65,000 foreigners have been detained for various immigration offences so far this year, and more than 45,000 of those detained were repatriated to their respective home countries, a senior immigration official said today.
Lokman Effendi Ramli.Nationals of Bangladesh, Indonesia and Myanmar were among the most sent back, said Lokman Effendi Ramli, a deputy director-general of immigration.
He said checks were conducted on more than 146,000 foreigners between Jan 1 and Oct 15, with an average of more than 38 immigration operations conducted every day.
