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123 illegal Bangladeshis detained in Malaysia
A total of 214 illegal immigrants, including 123 Bangladeshis, have been arrested by Malaysia’s Johor Immigration Department during raids on workers’ settlements near Kampung Belokok and Jalan Lingkaran Dalam in Johor Baru.
How NGO ship rescued 35 Bangladeshis
In the darkness, a shape emerged among the Mediterranean waves -- over 30 men, huddled shoulder to shoulder in the hold of a fibreglass boat.
Malaysia repatriates 2,530 Bangladeshi irregular migrant workers in 3 weeks: report
Malaysia has reportedly repatriated 2,530 undocumented Bangladeshi migrant workers through its Migrant Repatriation Programme launched on March 1
Undocumented Workers: HRW details sorry state of detainees in Malaysia
A Human Rights Watch report has detailed the damning state of immigration detention centres in Malaysia that house thousands of refugees and asylum seekers, listing claims of human rights violations and abuse.
Malaysia to repatriate workers sans documents
Malaysia begins its Migration Repatriation Programme (MRP) today, enabling undocumented migrant workers to be sent back to their home countries without facing prosecution.
144 irregular migrants return home from Libya
The government yesterday brought back 144 irregular Bangladeshi migrants from north African country Libya.
Undocumented foreigners will be sent back home without trial: Malaysia
Undocumented foreigners will be sent back to their home countries without facing further prosecution under the Migration Repatriation programme that commences March 1, said Malaysian Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
7 Bangladeshi undocumented workers detained in Malaysia
Seven undocumented Bangladeshi workers were detained in Malaysia today for various immigration offenses, reports The New Straits Times
85 Bangladeshi undocumented migrant workers held in Malaysia: local media
A total of 85 undocumented Bangladeshi workers were detained during separate drives in Malaysia yesterday for various immigration related offenses, according to Malaysian media
First migrants in a week land on Italy's Lampedusa
38 migrants from Bangladesh arrived after their nine-metre boat was picked up off the coast by Italian authorities, Ansa said.
Malaysia detains 250 Bangladeshi migrant workers
Immigration officers in Malaysia rounded up 252 undocumented Bangladeshi migrant workers during a raid today, according to a report of Free Malaysia Today, an online news portal
Boy rescued from container in Malaysia reaches Cumilla
Last night, a Malaysia airlines flight brought the 14-year-old Ratul Islam Fahim to Dhaka from Kuala Lumpur around 10:00pm
28 Bangladeshis held for staying in India slum illegally: Agra police
India's Agra police today arrested 28 Bangladesh citizens who were allegedly staying in a slum illegally.
Boy rescued from container is Ratul from Cumilla, claims family
The boy discovered in a cargo container in Malaysia's Port Klang on January 17 is from Cumilla, who went missing more than two months ago, a family from the district claimed today.
Boy rescued from container in Malaysia calls himself Fahim
The boy found in a cargo container in Port Klang of Malaysia on January 17 calls himself Fahim and he could be Bangladeshi or Rohingya.
Bangladeshi teenager rescued from ship container in Malaysia
A Bangladeshi boy has been rescued from an empty container which reached the Port Klang of Malaysia on a cargo ship that left Chattogram Port six days ago.
52 migrants including 16 Bangladeshis arrested in Malaysia
Malaysia's immigration authorities have arrested 52 immigrants, including 16 Bangladeshis, for not having valid documents.
On their way back home
Over 230 undocumented Bangladeshi migrant workers have been in the pipeline to return home from crisis-hit Lebanon, under a voluntary repatriation programme of the Bangladesh Embassy in Beirut.