Indonesians lead in registration

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KUALA LUMPUR:  Indonesian immigrants lead in the 6P Biometric registration exercise with 896,643 persons or 46 per cent of the 1,935,048 persons registered comprising 12 nationalities to date. 

Home Ministry deputy secretary-general (Registration and Immigration) Datuk Alwi Ibrahim said of the total number of Indonesian immigrants registered, 535,181 or 60 per cent were illegal immigrants.

Bangladesh came in second with 233,938 illegal immigrants and 119,960 legal workers followed by Nepal (25,307 illegal immigrants, 199,416 legal workers), Myanmar (101,483 illegal immigrants, 100,421 legal workers), India (37,780 illegal, 48,383 legal), he said in a statement here yesterday.

The Philippines had (43,787 illegal, 4,175 legal), Vietnam (9,301 illegal, 37,707 legal), Pakistan (16,202 illegal, 10,662 legal), Cambodia (19,442 illegal, 5,232 legal), Thailand (5,279 illegal, 4,179 legal), China (1,634 illegal, 4,391 legal), Sri Lanka (3,505 illegal, 2,483 legal) and other

nationalities (2,555 illegal, 1,171 legal ).

From the total, eight of the 12 nationalities recorded higher total illegal immigrants than legal ones.

“In terms of illegal against legal workers percentage by nationality, Filipinos had the highest at 91 per cent followed by Cambodians 78 per cent, Bangladeshis 66 per cent, Pakistanis 60 per cent, Sri Lankans 58 per cent, Thais 56 per cent, Myanmar 50 per cent and Indonesians 40 per cent,” he said.

The other four nationalities had more legal than illegal workers.

He said Nepal led the list with 89 per cent legal workers against illegals followed by Vietnam 80 per cent, China 73 per cent and India 56 per cent.  – Bernama