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A Sessions Court in Pasir Mas has imposed fines of RM1,000 to RM10,000 on 54 undocumented migrants following their guilty pleas to immigration-related charges. Non-payment risks imprisonment of up to three months.
Pauline Hanson, leader of Australia's hard-right One Nation party, has called for a monocultural society, rejecting multicultural policy and linking high immigration to the nation's housing affordability crisis.
Swiss voters will decide Sunday whether to cap the country's population at 10 million by 2050. The right-wing Swiss People's Party is pushing the measure to restrict immigration, though recent polls suggest a tight outcome.
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong says Singapore will maintain open immigration policies despite historically low birth rates of 0.87 in 2025, while tackling AI-enabled disinformation threats to social cohesion.
India has deported approximately 5,000 Bangladeshi nationals following the BJP's decisive victory in West Bengal elections. The Hindu-nationalist party campaigned on a pledge to detect and expel undocumented migrants from the border state.
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The Cabinet has instructed authorities to take immediate enforcement action against foreign nationals who are conducting commercial activities while holding social visit passes, Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail announced.
A sessions court in Pasir Mas has handed down fines to 29 undocumented migrants who admitted to various immigration offences such as illegal entry, overstaying and misuse of travel documents.
Authorities in Johor Baru conducted a crackdown at a food court, apprehending 72 foreign workers suspected of immigration violations during a coordinated enforcement operation.
The Royal Thai Navy has handed over 41 Cambodian nationals to authorities across the border at Ban Laem checkpoint in Chanthaburi after they completed their legal cases in Thailand.
Indonesia's anti-graft agency has arrested Deputy Minister for Immigration and Correctional Affairs Silmy Karim on corruption charges, marking the second high-profile official detained within two days.
Malaysia's immigration system experienced a more than three-hour outage yesterday due to a technical fault, leaving thousands of travellers stranded in lengthy queues at checkpoints across the country.
Cambodia's General Department of Immigration has dismissed circulating online reports alleging the government is targeting African nationals for deportation, calling the forged documents completely false.
Nine individuals were arrested after confrontations erupted between demonstrators and authorities outside a New Jersey immigration detention facility, where detainees were protesting conditions.
A woman broke down in court pleading for help to raise RM240,000 bail after she and her husband were charged with trafficking Indonesian migrant workers for forced labour.
The Immigration Department has terminated 77 officers since 2022, yet graft, misconduct and procedural violations remain persistent challenges requiring deeper structural reform.
The dismissal of 77 Immigration Department officers since 2022 reflects broader structural weaknesses in the agency's integrity mechanisms, supervision frameworks, and corruption safeguards.
Japan's tightened immigration policies and increasingly hostile atmosphere toward foreigners are forcing out long-term residents and entrepreneurs, reflecting deeper societal tensions as anti-foreigner sentiment gains political momentum.
Malaysia's Immigration Director-General has acknowledged persistent public concerns about the foreigner presence in the country, even as authorities have arrested over 17,000 undocumented migrants.
Haitian migrants and other minorities are reconsidering World Cup attendance as stricter US immigration enforcement raises safety concerns. Haiti's return to the tournament sparks pride tempered by fear.
Malaysia has postponed the launch of its new passport system. Residents can continue renewing their travel documents through regular procedures without interruption.
Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry has issued substantial penalties against eight individuals—one expatriate and seven citizens—for illegally transporting 18 people attempting unauthorized Hajj pilgrimage.
A Nigerian national has secured RM715,000 in damages after being illegally detained for 40 days at a Semenyih immigration facility in 2021, following his initial arrest for drink-driving.