Beginning this week, the Myanmar government will be beginning the process of taking home some 2,000 of its people who have been detained for months in Malaysia, Myanmar Times reported today.
The whole process could take up to a month with at least 10 chartered flights, each carrying 130 migrants on board, according to the report.
“We have plans go through this repatriation process more than 10 times, chartering flights with more than 130 on board each time,” Myanmar’s labour and immigration ministry permanent secretary U Myo Aung was quoted saying.
Migrant workers from Myanmar were detained by Malaysian authorities, reportedly for various offences, including expiration of their visas.
However, the newspaper also reported criticisms against the Myanmar embassy for allegedly taking too long to approve visa extensions for the migrant workers, which led to their detention by authorities here. As such, they were unable to return even after their citizenship had been confirmed. (Courtesy of themalaymailonline.com)
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