JAKARTA: People's Welfare Co-ordinating Minister Alwi Shihab said here that one of the first tasks his office would concentrate on was the repatriation from Malaysia of around 700,000 Indonesian illegal workers.
The Indonesian news agency Antara reported yesterday that Alwi made the remarks after a ceremony where he formally assumed duties at the ministry from his predecessor, Malik Fadjar.
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