PETALING JAYA: More than 7,000 illegal immigrants have been arrested since the beginning of the year, the Immigration Department says.
Its deputy director-general (Operations) Datuk Lokman Effendi Ramli said that between Jan 1 and Feb 19, the department conducted 1,855 operations with 30,177 people being inspected.
“From this total, 7,043 illegal immigrants of various nationalities were arrested,” he said.
He added that 4,804 cases involved those without valid travel passes and documents, with a further 1,250 cases of overstaying.
The highest number of arrests were from Indonesia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Thailand, Pakistan, India and China.
