Johor Immigration sent home 110 foreign nationals during the third week of September after they finished serving sentences or completed deportation procedures. Indonesians made up the largest group with 70 people, followed by 31 Bangladeshis, four Filipinos, two Pakistanis, and one person each from China, Vietnam, and Afghanistan. Some were taken directly to Kuala Lumpur International Airport to fly out, while others were sent back by boat via ferry terminals at Pasir Gudang and Stulang Laut.
Local immigration officials warned that every single person in this batch has been added to the entry blacklist. While the ban is active, returning for a holiday or to look for work is off the table. Authorities also stressed that all travel arrangements must go through official channels, pointing out that detention depots do not charge any extra "service fees." They added that these mass deportation runs will continue regularly.
The heat on overstayers remains high in the area. For migrants living without clear paperwork, whether renting a room or stepping off a night shift, the threat of ending up in a detention camp is very real. Enforcement vehicles are a familiar sight on local streets. After working hard in factories or on the docks to save money, getting caught, blacklisted, and deported over document issues means watching all that effort go down the drain.
