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Foreigners without valid travel pass or overstaying to be fined RM500 under new repatriation programme

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Foreigners without a valid travel pass or who have overstayed will only be fined RM500 if they want to return home under a new Migrant Repatriation Programme which will start on March 1, says the Immigration Department.

Foreigners without a valid travel pass or who have overstayed will only be fined RM500 if they want to return home under a new Migrant Repatriation Programme which will start on March 1, says the Immigration Department .

Those who violated their travel passes or permits will only be charged RM300 to return to their country of origin, said department director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh (“All they need to do is surrender themselves so that they can be processed and sent home rather than stay in Malaysia illegally.”“For this programme, the department is not appointing any agent to manage the repatriation process. The foreigners can just do this themselves,” he told The Star. Ruslin said undocumented foreigners should not be afraid of being arrested and prosecuted if they come forward to sign up for the programme. “We will not take action against those who surrender themselves for the programme. Don’t be afraid, just surrender yourself and we will process your return home,” he sai

Source: Holiday News (holidaynews.net)

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