Six thousand foreigners were arrested by Malaysian immigration at the start of the year.
The nation’s immigration authority has been carrying out ongoing special operations in Malaysia since the start of the new year. Up until now the immigration officials have detained over 6,000 immigrants and some of them are from Bangladesh. The immigration officials did not disclose the specific number of Bangladeshis apprehended during the operations. There were just 8 raids totaling 545 individuals that were identified as Bangladeshis.
The prisoners were held for not possessing proper work permits or passports for overstaying their visas and for breaking immigration regulations. According to Director General of Immigration Datuk Ruslin Bin Jusoh who took part in the coordinated operation by Malaysian law enforcement authorities. Before any legal judgments are made, detained migrants in Malaysia are first held in a number of detention centers pending additional action.
Information is available from the Immigration Department and examination of data from the emigration message archive. During the February operations, 50 migrants, including 15 Bangladeshis, were apprehended from various sites in Johor Bahru on February 9. Previously, 490 immigrants were apprehended in Klang, Selangor on February 3. After 513 individuals, including 94 Bangladeshis were taken into custody from the Brickfields neighborhood often known as Little India. Furthermore, on February 6 and 7 the immigration agency apprehended 50 foreign nationals in Johor state and on February 8. It detained 16 Bangladeshis in Melaka state. The Malaysian Immigration Department apprehended twenty-six foreigners.
Furthermore, during the first three weeks of January. The Malaysian Immigration Department carried out a minimum of 870 raids nationwide to start the year. 9,169 immigrants’ documents were confirmed during the 870 raids. According to Director General of Malaysia’s Immigration Department Datuk Ruslin Jusoh at a news briefing. The Immigration Department detained 4 thousand 26 persons for not possessing legal documents. The Immigration Department returned 1,497 of the detained individuals to their home countries. Participating in the coordinated effort of Malaysian law enforcement authorities. Director General of Immigration Datuk Ruslin Bin Jusoh stated that the prisoners were held due to their lack of valid work permits or passports as well as their overstay and violations of immigration regulations. For additional processing detained immigrants are housed in a number of detention facilities around the nation.
