Published on: Saturday, May 22, 2021
By: Bernama
Filipinos being deported to Zamboanga via Sandakan port on May 21, 2020. (Photo: Immigration Department)
Kota Kinabalu: A total of 1,725 illegal immigrants from the Philippines have been deported through the Sandakan port since the beginning of this year.
Sabah Immigration director Datuk Dr Muhamad Sade Mohamad Amin said the repatriation programme was implemented in three series since January.
“All the illegal immigrants from the Philippines have been detained at the Kota Kinabalu and Papar Immigration depots since last year (2020) and they were deported via Sandakan port to Zamboanga, Philippines.
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“All the detained immigrants have committed various offences under the Immigration Act 1959/63 and the Immigration Regulations 1963 and have served their sentences according to national law, to be deported from Sabah,” he said in a statement here, today.
Saturday, 22 May 2021 01:30 PM MYT
SANDAKAN, May 22 ― A total of 1,725 illegal immigrants from the Philippines have been deported through the Sandakan port since the beginning of this year.
Sabah Immigration director Datuk Muhamad Sade Mohamad Amin said the repatriation programme was implemented in three series since January.
“All the illegal immigrants from the Philippines have been detained at the Kota Kinabalu and Papar Immigration depots since last year (2020) and they were deported via Sandakan port to Zamboanga, Philippines.
“All the detained immigrants have committed various offences under the Immigration Act 1959/63 and the Immigration Regulations 1963 and have served their sentences according to national law, to be deported from Sabah,” he said in a statement here today.
1,725 Filipino illegal immigrants deported from Sabah since January 22 May 2021 / 13:00 H. Pix for representational purpose only.
SANDAKAN: A total of 1,725 illegal immigrants from the Philippines have been deported through the Sandakan port since the beginning of this year.
Sabah Immigration director Datuk Dr Muhamad Sade Mohamad Amin said the repatriation programme was implemented in three series since January.
“All the illegal immigrants from the Philippines have been detained at the Kota Kinabalu and Papar Immigration depots since last year (2020) and they were deported via Sandakan port to Zamboanga, Philippines.
“All the detained immigrants have committed various offences under the Immigration Act 1959/63 and the Immigration Regulations 1963 and have served their sentences according to national law, to be deported from Sabah,” he said in a statement here, today.
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Immigration Department has deported a total of 316 undocumented migrants back to the Philippines on March 6, after months of border lockdowns due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
With some immigration rules being eased and negotiations with the Philippines consul-general, the migrants were finally allowed to return to their country via sea routes from the Sandakan jetty at about 7pm.
They were taken from Tawau to Sandakan by road, before being sent home via sea routes to Zamboanga, southern Philippines.
State Immigration director Datuk Mohamad Sade Mohamad Amin said this is the first deportation for 2021.
“The migrants are those who have been detained at the Tawau detention centre since last year, ” he said in a statement here, late Saturday (March 6).