As many as 331 undocumented Bangladeshi migrant workers were arrested in the last 10 days in Malaysia.
The immigration department arrested 2,544 illegal immigrants for various offences during the second phases of the nationwide integrated operations that started on January 21, Bernama, the national news agency of Malaysia, reported on Thursday.
While talking to this reporter, Bangladesh’s Labour Counsellor in Malaysia Mantu Kumar Bishwas said the arrested Bangladeshis would have to return home on their own expenses.
“We have no plan to give them air tickets. But we will provide them travel permit to return to Bangladesh,” he added.
Among those detained were 1,064 Indonesians, 341 Myanmar nationals, 331 Bangladeshis while the others were Filipinos, Indian nationals, Nepalese, Cambodians, Pakistanis, Chinese nationals, Vietnamese, Thais, Yemenis, Sri Lankans, Cameroonians and Togolese.