712,435 illegal immigrants registered under recalibration programmes: Hamzah

PUTRAJAYA – A total of 712,435 illegal immigrants have registered under the return recalibration and labour recalibration programmes since both were implemented from November 2020 until June 30 this year, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin.

Of the total, he said that 293,907 individuals had registered for return recalibration while another 418,528 had registered for labour recalibration.

“Through return recalibration, the Immigration Department recorded a total of 255,111 illegal immigrants returning to their countries of origin and generating revenue of RM140,558,600 to the government,” he said in a press conference after presenting citizenship approval letters to 28 recipients here today.

For the labour recalibration programme, a total of 335,276 illegal immigrants were present for the verification process at the Immigration Department, and 3,900 of them failed, among other reasons, for being on the suspected list or blacklist, or were reported to have run away by their employers, he said.

Hamzah said a total of 114,121 temporary employment visit passes had been approved by the Immigration Department through the labour recalibration programme. – The Vibes, July 13, 2022