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Crackdown on illegal foreign workers in full swing

Hasnoor Hussain7 years ago1st Jul 2017Pictures
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Migrant workers line up at their kitchen waiting for Immigration officers to check their particulars during a raid at a hostel in Kapar, Selangor, after the end of E-Card application period. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, July 1, 2017.
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The crackdown on illegal foreign workers began early this morning at a makeshift dormitory in Klang, Selangor.

The authorities are taking action after they issued a warning that  illegal foreign workers would have until June 30 to register for their E-Card or be rounded up and sent back to their country of origin.

The E-Card, launched on February 15, functions as a temporary confirmation of employment for illegal workers.

The move comes as part of a drive to legalise the estimated 1 million foreign workers employed in Malaysia without documentation.

In the raid documented here, 51 out of 239 foreign workers were found without valid documents. Most of them were from Bangladesh. – July 1, 2017.

A fingerprint of a migrant is being scanned for an E-Card application at the Immigration Department headquarters in Putrajaya. - The Malaysian insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, July 1, 2017.
A fingerprint of a migrant is being scanned for an E-Card application at the Immigration Department headquarters in Putrajaya. - The Malaysian insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, July 1, 2017.
A hall at the Immigration department headquarters in Putrajaya is being used to house temporary counters for employers to apply E-Cards for their undocumented foreign worlkers. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, July 1, 2017.
A hall at the Immigration department headquarters in Putrajaya is being used to house temporary counters for employers to apply E-Cards for their undocumented foreign worlkers. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, July 1, 2017.
Migrant workers line up at their kitchen waiting for Immigration officers to check their particulars during a raid at a hostel in Kapar, Selangor, after the end of E-Card application period. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, July 1, 2017.
Migrant workers line up at their kitchen waiting for Immigration officers to check their particulars during a raid at a hostel in Kapar, Selangor, after the end of E-Card application period. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, July 1, 2017.
Migrant workers being handcuffed after they failed to provide valid documents during a raid at a worker hostel in Kapar, Selangor. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, July 1, 2017.
Migrant workers being handcuffed after they failed to provide valid documents during a raid at a worker hostel in Kapar, Selangor. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, July 1, 2017.
Immigration Department director-general Mustafar Ali checking the details on a migrant worker's E-Card using a database that can be accessed through a smartphone app. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, July 1, 2017.
Immigration Department director-general Mustafar Ali checking the details on a migrant worker's E-Card using a database that can be accessed through a smartphone app. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, July 1, 2017.
Migrant workers lining up in an alley waiting for their turn to have their documents inspected. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, July 1, 2017.
Migrant workers lining up in an alley waiting for their turn to have their documents inspected. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, July 1, 2017.
Detained migrant workers in an Immigration Department lorry. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, July 1, 2017.
Detained migrant workers in an Immigration Department lorry. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, July 1, 2017.
Some of the 51 out of 239 foreign workers found without valid documents being taken away. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, July 1, 2017.
Some of the 51 out of 239 foreign workers found without valid documents being taken away. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, July 1, 2017.
An Immigration officer locking the grille of a lorry that will transport the 51 undocumented migrant workers. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, July 1, 2017.
An Immigration officer locking the grille of a lorry that will transport the 51 undocumented migrant workers. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, July 1, 2017.
Female migrant workers being detained and sent to deportation centre after a raid in Kapar, Selangor. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, July 1, 2017.
Female migrant workers being detained and sent to deportation centre after a raid in Kapar, Selangor. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, July 1, 2017.
Women migrant workers being detained by Immigration officers after failing to produce their E-Card during a raid in Kapar, Selangor. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, July 1, 2017.
Women migrant workers being detained by Immigration officers after failing to produce their E-Card during a raid in Kapar, Selangor. - The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, July 1, 2017.
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