KUCHING: The Immigration Department is stepping up enforcement against illegal immigrants to stem the expansion of their presence in Sarawak.
State immigration director Ken Leben said while the number of legal foreign workers decreased by 8% from 166,817 in 2015 to 154,864 last year, a rising number of illegal immigrants were arrested from 2014 to 2016.
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