Altogether 1,959 Nepali migrant workers staying in Malaysia illegally have returned home after surrendering before Malaysia’s Immigration Department in the last six months.

According to a news published in a local daily, some 15,109 illegal migrant worker from various countries including Nepal had surrendered before the Immigration Department between the months of January and June this year and returned to their respective countries. Sri Lanka saw the highest number of its nationals surrendering before the Malaysian authorities to receive amnesty during this period, with 2,028 undocumented Sri Lankan migrant workers returning home. Similarly, Nepal came in second with 1,959 illegal Nepali migrant workers surrendering before the authorities and returning home while 1,858 Indians 1,629 Filipinos, 1,606 Indonesians, 1,016 Burmese, 1,009 Pakistanis, 952 Bangladeshis and 948 Vietnamese returned to their respective countries after surrendering before the Malaysian authorities during the period.

The Malaysian government has been granting amnesty to foreign workers who were staying in the country illegally so as to allow the latter group to return home after surrendering at the Immigration Department and paying a certain amount – 400 Malaysian Ringgit – as fine. Some 3,000 foreign workers staying in Malaysia illegally are said to have already benefited from the programme.

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