{"id":34937,"date":"2019-07-27T13:43:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-27T05:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=34937"},"modified":"2019-07-27T13:43:33","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T05:43:33","slug":"about-400-illegals-expected-to-take-up-b4g-offer-initially","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=34937","title":{"rendered":"About 400 illegals expected to take up B4G offer initially"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/pcms.bernama.com:7788\/storage\/photos\/0a22e374db0182fac4d6d2ea46a5b4eb5d230ff5d9847\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption> <br>Khairul Dzaimee Daud. Photo courtesy of Bernama <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 (NNN-Bernama) &#8212; The Immigration Department expects about 300 to 400 illegal immigrants to take up the opportunity to return to their countries of origin through the Back for Good (B4G) programme, for a start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The programme aims to reduce the number of illegal immigrants detained at Immigration depots across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Immigration Department director-general Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud said there are currently 14 depots nationwide that can accommodate about 10,500 illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said, however, the number of illegal immigrants detained at the depots could reach up to 11,000 and this could put them at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAmong the risks are the spread of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis brought by them from their home countries,\u201d he told Bernama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Khairul Dzaimee said the B4G programme is being offered to illegal immigrants who are not yet caught but not to those who are detained at the depots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is because the illegal immigrants in detention depots are serving their sentences and will be sent home to their respective home countries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On July 18, Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced the implementation of the B4G programme from Aug 1 to Dec 31 to reduce the number of illegal immigrants in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The illegal immigrants will only need to obtain complete identification documents from their respective embassies or High Commissions before handing them over to the immigration office for processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, they need to pay a compound fine of RM700 and show the flight tickets for them to return to their country of origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NNN-Bernama<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 (NNN-Bernama) &#8212; The Immigration Department expects about 300 to 400 illegal immigrants to take up the opportunity to return to their countries of origin through the Back for Good (B4G) programme, for a start. The programme aims to reduce the number of illegal immigrants detained at Immigration depots across the country. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":29584,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[288,318],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34937"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}