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He said the government had to fork out that amount as their continued detention at immigration depots would incur extra cost for the government.
<P>"The government has to spend money to manage
illegals detained at the depots as well as to send them back to their home countries,"
he said in a written reply to Teresa Kok (DAP-Seputeh) at the Dewan Rakyat here,
Tuesday.</P><P>He said that 5,999 illegal immigrants were apprehended in January
this year by the Immigration Department. The figure for the whole of 2006 was
56,315.</P><P>Mohd Radzi said most of them had contravened the Immigration Act
such as non-possession of valid travel documents (69 per cent or 38,225), overstaying
(17 per cent or 9,723) and flouting conditions of passes and permits (nine per
cent or 4,980).</P><P>"The rest committed various offences under the Passport
Act, Immigration Act and other relevant rules and regulations," he said.</P><P>He
said 28,079 illegals were detained in 2005, 68 per cent or 19,146 of which had
no valid travel documents. — BERNAMA</P>
<P><I>Source: http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=253470</I>
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