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30 Bidor escapees may have found safety in numbers: Immigration | Scoop
The Immigration Department is still on the hunt for the remaining 30 migrants who escaped the Bidor Immigration Detention Depot in Perak on February 1, who are believed to be hiding within their own community. – Bernama pic, February 27, 2024
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30 Bidor escapees may have found safety in numbers: Immigration

Authorities continue hunt for remaining migrants, saying they may be hiding within their communities

Bernama
Updated
9:41 PM MYT

 

PUTRAJAYA – The Immigration Department is still hunting for the remaining 30 undocumented migrants still at large after escaping from the Bidor Immigration Detention Depot in Perak on February 1. 

Immigration director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh said all of them are believed to be still in Perak, and they may have found “safety in numbers” when hidden in the midst of their own community. 

“We are still tracking the remaining 30 illegal immigrants and believe they are already (embedded) in their communities. We are carrying out operations in areas where foreigners are settled, especially the Rohingya, which is still our priority. 

“Every time an operation is carried out in a settlement of foreigners, a fingerprint check will also be done considering the possibility that they (detainees) are already in the community and it is difficult to do facial recognition,” he told Bernama in a special interview here today. 

On February 1, a total of 131 illegal immigrants escaped from the male block of the detention depot and one of them reportedly died in a road accident.  

Of the total number who escaped, 115 were Rohingya, 15 Myanmar nationals and one Bangladeshi national. 

Asked about the operational status of the Bidor Immigration Detention Depot, Ruslin said the depot is still temporarily closed while the Immigration Department is in the final process of getting a report and recommendation regarding the depot’s direction. 

He said the Office of the Chief Government Security Officer and other enforcement agencies had also visited the depot to obtain feedback for that direction. 

“All of these will be used as a basis for us to bring recommendations to the Home Ministry this March. We will make this case in Bidor as an action-oriented one to improve on safety aspects which will be expanded to other depots if needed,” said Ruslin. 

Reportedly after the break-out, a total of 435 illegal immigrants who were at the Bidor depot were later transferred to six detention depots including Machap in Melaka, Lenggeng in Negri Sembilan, Bukit Jalil in Kuala Lumpur, Kemayan in Pahang and Langkap in Perak. – February 27, 2024

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