Sabah sends 285 Filipino detainees home via Lahad Datu after they completed sentences
The Sabah Immigration Department repatriated 285 undocumented Filipinos, including 85 children, to the Philippines through Lahad Datu, bringing the number of Filipinos it has sent home to 4,288.
The Sabah Immigration Department has repatriated 285 Filipino nationals who had completed various sentences, sending them back to the Philippines through the Lahad Datu Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security Complex (ICQS), The Star reported.
The group, which had been held at the Kota Kinabalu and Papar immigration depots, comprised 129 men, 71 women and 85 children, according to the department. Children were accompanied by their parents or guardians. TV Sabah reported that the detainees were aged between four months and 63 years, travelled on a commercial ferry and held valid travel documents.
The latest exercise brings the total number of Filipinos repatriated by the department to 4,288. It has also sent home 1,789 Indonesians, 137 Pakistanis, 141 Chinese nationals, 29 Vietnamese and 33 people of other nationalities, the department said.
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- 285 Filipinos were repatriated via the Lahad Datu ICQS complex.
- The group comprised 129 men, 71 women and 85 children.
- The department has repatriated 4,288 Filipinos in total.
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