Malaysian Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail is urging all employers with foreign workers to get their affairs in order before March 31 as the migrant repatriation programme ends then.
Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – Malaysia has launched a programme to repatriateforeign workers who have no legal papers to their home country. Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail saidthe programme, which kickstarted on March 1, and ends on December 31, aimed to allowillegal foreigners to return home. Accordingly, undocumented foreign workers canvoluntarily return to their home country through the Migrant RepatriationProgramme, where they will only be compounded and spared from prosecution. There are some 600,000 undocumented foreign workers in Malaysian, but as of 12 pm March 1, only 848 illegal immigrants came to the Immigration Department to take this opportunity to return home. Saifuddin said the programme is under thesupervision of the Immigration Department and does not involve any third party. The department will not accept applications for the programme through third parties or agents. According to the minister, starting from June 1, therewill be no more formal foreign workers from the quota in effect. The remainingquota not issued before March 31 will be cancelled and taxes for this quotawill be refunded to the employer. The Malaysian government has implemented a moreemployer-friendly tax refund policy, which went into effect on March 1 with improvements, including reduced refund processing time./.
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Malaysian Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail is urging all employers with foreign workers to get their affairs in order before March 31 as the migrant repatriation programme ends then. 
