Immigration Dept launches amnesty programme till year's end

Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin today announced that the government will once again embark on an amnesty programme for undocumented migrants beginning Aug 1 until midnight of Dec 31.

He said the “Back for Good” programme to be carried out by the Immigration Department across Peninsula Malaysia is open to all migrants who committed offences under the Immigration Act 1959/63 for overstaying or remaining in the country without proper documents...