"The 14 Myanmar nationals were flown aboard a Garuda aircraft to Jakarta where they will be deported to their country of origin," Lingga remarked here on Tuesday.
He said that they were escorted by two immigration officials from Ambons Pattimura Airport to the Soekarno Hatta Airport in Jakarta where they will head to Myanmar.
According to Lingga, the deportation of the 14 Myanmar nationals was carried out in cooperation with the company where they worked and the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta with the assistance of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Lingga added that the Ambon immigration office had planned to again deport another group of Myanmar nationals on January 15, but he was unsure of the number of people to be sent back to Myanmar.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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