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278 Filipinos deported 
Published on: Thursday, February 08, 2024
By: Bernama
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278 Filipinos deported 
Sabah Immigration director Datuk SH Sitti Saleha Habib Yussof (right) oversees the deportation of Filipinos at the Sandakan Port February 7, 2024. — Bernama pic / Malay Mail.
Kota Kinabalu: Some 1,773 illegal immigrants from the Philippines have been deported from Sabah, including 278 individuals Wednesday. 

Sabah Immigration Director  Datuk SH Sitti Saleha Habib Yussof said the Filipinos deported Wednesday comprised 121 individuals from the Sandakan Immigration Depot, while the remaining (157) were from the Papar Immigration Depot.

“They were sent home by ferry from the Sandakan Port this afternoon,” she told reporters during the deportation of the Filipinos at the port here Wednesday. 

According to SH Sitti Saleha, the group sent home today involved 159 men, 79 women and 40 children.

She said 757 Indonesian illegal immigrants were awaiting deportation in the state.

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