TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search results
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search resultsConsulate in Johor Bahru repatriates 77 Indonesians to Batam
The consulate general in Johor Bahru has helped facilitate the return of over 300 Indonesians, mostly migrant workers, in three batches this year, with the latest group touching home soil on Aug. 9, almost exactly a week before Independence Day.
Change text size
Gift Premium Articles
to Anyone
Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed!
A group of repatriated Indonesians, including 71 migrant workers, wait in line for the next leg of their journey on Aug. 9, 2025, after arriving at Batam Center International Ferry Port in the Riau Islands from Johor Bahru, Malaysia. (JP/Fadli)
T
he Indonesian Consulate General in Johor Bahru facilitated on Saturday the repatriation of 77 Indonesians, mostly migrant workers, from Malaysia to Batam, the Riau Islands, in cooperation with the Machap Umboo Immigration Detention Centre (DTI) in Malacca state.
The consulate general, located in the capital of Johor state, has so far repatriated over 300 Indonesians in three batches from Malaysia this year, including the group sent home on Aug. 9. The neighboring country has become a top destination for Indonesian migrant workers due to its proximity and cultural similarities, which makes it much easier for them to adapt.
The latest group of deportees included 71 migrant workers, comprising 35 men, 34 women and two girls, while another six Indonesians categorized as vulnerable, comprising two men, three women and one boy, were repatriated after completing their immigration process in Malaysia, Bernama news agency reported.
Read also: Prabowo addresses labor issues in Malaysia’s visit, after fatal shooting of RI citizens
In a written statement, the consulate’s functional coordinator Jati Heri Winarto said the group was repatriated as part of a series of anniversary events to commemorate Indonesia’s 80th Independence Day.
The consulate general bore the cost of ferry tickets and seaport tax for each deportee, while members of its citizen services and protection task force accompanied them on their journey home from Johor Bahru’s Stulang Laut Port to Batam Center Port.
As soon as they arrived in Batam, the group was handed over to the local Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Service Post (P4MI) for further processing prior to the final leg of their journey to their hometowns.
