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View all search resultsIndonesia-Malaysia program repatriates 232 migrant workers
A total of 232 migrant workers arrived in Batam on Monday under a bilateral repatriation program between the Malaysian Immigration Department and Indonesian diplomatic missions in the neighboring country.
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A group of migrant workers (in light blue shirts) board a bus on July 21, 2025, after arriving at Batam Center Port in Batam, the Riau Islands, as part of the 232 Indonesian migrant workers who were repatriated through a program coordinated between the Malaysian Immigration Department and the Indonesian Consulate General in Johor Bahru, Johor state. (Courtesy of the Indonesian Consulate General in Johor Bahru/-)
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he Indonesian Consulate General in Johor Bahru, the capital of Malaysia’s Johor state, repatriated on Monday 232 previously detained migrant workers in coordination with the Malaysian Immigration Department.
The migrant workers were divided into two groups and transported by sea from Johor’s Pasir Gudang International Ferry Terminal to Batam Center Port in Batam, the Riau Islands.
The first group of 83 people, comprising 61 men, 16 women, four boys and two girls, departed on July 21 at 10 a.m. Malaysia Time (9 a.m. Western Indonesia Time/WIB), Malaysian state news agency Bernama reported.
The second group of 149 people, comprising 124 men, 21 women, three boys and one girl, followed at 11 a.m. (10 a.m. WIB).
A task force of officers from the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur and the consulate general in Johor Bahru accompanied the migrant workers on their trip back to Indonesia.
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Upon their arrival in Batam, the task for handed over the repatriated workers to officials from the local Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Service Post (P4MI), who were joined by officials from the Batam Immigration Office and Batam Center Port’s Health Office.
