PM orders faster deportation of undocumented migrants to mitigate Covid-19

Published: May 28, 2020 10:39 AM | Updated: May 28, 2020 1:43 PM

CORONAVIRUS | Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has ordered for the deportation of undocumented migrants to be hastened, to mitigate the risk of Covid-19 infection at immigration depots.

"We discussed the deportation of undocumented migrants who tested negative for Covid-19. I have ordered for this process to be hastened," he said in a statement this evening.

Muhyiddin said this while commenting on a video call he had with Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and...

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