#illegal migrant

Collection of illegal migrant news, found 141 news.

Indonesian worker in Malaysia claiming to get tortured repatriated

The Indonesian Consulate General in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, has facilitated the repatriation of an Indonesian domestic ...

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Breaking the vicious cycle of illegal migrant worker deportation

Economic pressure has been driving many Indonesians to desperately try their luck abroad, including in neighboring ...

Need to recalibrate, not arrest illegal migrant workers: Komnas HAM

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has called for the use of legalization programs, such as ...

Officials probe role of Italian national in people smuggling

The Directorate General of Immigration of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights is investigating the suspected ...

BP2MI stresses on fighting human trafficking mafia

Head of the Indonesian Migrant Workers' Protection Agency (BP2MI) Benny Rhamdani has underlined the need for ...

Police foil 14 attempts to smuggle migrant workers in Riau Islands

The Human Trafficking Crime Task Force (Satgas TPPO) of the Riau Islands Police has successfully thwarted 14 attempts ...

Kupang police foils attempt to send 23 illegal migrant workers

The Kupang city police on Saturday evening prevented 23 Indonesians suspected of hunting jobs illegally in Malaysia ...

Police support expands crackdown against human traffickers: BP2MI

The Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI) has said that assistance from the Indonesian Police bolstered ...

Ministry seeks to protect, empower human trafficking victims

The Ministry of Social Affairs is working to protect and socially empower victims of human trafficking from Ende, East ...

Navy foils attempts to smuggle illegal workers to Malaysia

The Indonesian Navy thwarted attempts to smuggle 17 illegal migrant workers to Malaysia in Batam waters on Saturday ...

Jokowi calls for restructuring of Human Trafficking Task Force

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) instructed his ranks to conduct restructuring of the Task Force for the Eradication and ...

Navy foils attempt to smuggle workers, foreigners into Malaysia

The Indonesian Navy Base in Dumai, Riau, thwarted an attempt to smuggle 10 Indonesian migrant workers and 24 foreign ...

Exercise care in bringing back migrant workers from Myanmar: BP2MI

The task of bringing illegal migrant workers back to Indonesia from Myanmar must be carried out with caution, the ...

Indonesian police collects details of identities of human traffickers

General Crimes Directorate of the Indonesian Police's Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) has collected ...

Indonesia has no workers' placement agreement with Sudan: BP2MI

The Indonesian government has no migrant workers' placement agreement with Sudan on account of the ongoing conflict ...