Immigration Department to deport 100'000 illegals

To this end, the state immigration departments will systematically sweep through several blacklisted industries each week, the Sun daily reported. Nasir said the department had identified various businesses under the agricultural, manufacturing, food service and customer service industries that are harbouring illegal workers nationwide.

"Last year, we deported 97,281 workers, nearly 83,000 of whom were Indonesian. We are aiming at 100,000 workers for deportation this year," he said. Nasir also said that they have identified 5,000 employers who hire illegal workers despite knowing that it was illegal. "These people have no respect for the law. They are not even afraid of employing illegal workers so we will come down hard on them," he added.

(dpa)