Sabah deports 623 undocumented migrants


Filipino illegal immigrants boarding a ferry during their deportation from the Sandakan port to Zamboanga City in southern Philippines.

KOTA KINABALU: A total of 623 undocumented migrants have been deported to Zamboanga City in the Philippines from Sandakan.

Sabah Immigration Department director Datuk Sitti Saleha Habib Yusoff said they comprised 483 men, 80 women, and 60 children including babies, ranging in age from 11 months to 79 years.

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