Hundreds of undocumented Nepali workers return from Malaysia after availing general amnesty
Kathmandu, Jan. 10 -- Nearly 6,000 Nepali expatriate workers have availed the general amnesty extended by the Malaysian government to undocumented immigrants to enable them to return to their home countries.
Through the five-month-long amnesty scheme called Back for Good Programme, which started in August last year, the Malaysian government had provided an opportunity to illegal immigrants on its soil to return to their own countries following a formal process.
The amnesty, which ended on December 31, has been utilised by thousands of foreigners, including Nepali migrant workers, who had violated the Malaysian immigration rules or had overstayed their visas.
According to Maheshwar Mani Tripathi, the second secretary at the Nepali Embas...
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