Indonesia and Malaysia are seeking solution concerning illegal workers


According to the statement, there are 450,000 Indonesian workers recorded by the Malaysian government so far, compared to 1.5 million workers recorded by the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. - Photo from Reuters

JAKARTA, June 10 (Bernama): The issue of Indonesian illegal immigrant workers (PATI) was the main agenda of the recent meeting between the Indonesian and Malaysian Immigration.

The meeting, held at the Malaysian Immigration Headquarters in Putrajaya on Tuesday, was attended by the Director General of Immigration Malaysia Datuk Ruslin Jusoh and his counterpart Silmy Karim.

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