Migrant Workers

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia said Friday it is fast-tracking the deportation of illegal migrants under a pilot project that would see offenders handed a fine and a one-way ticket home—bypassing court and jail.

Plans are being readied to evacuate to Jordan more than a hundred Filipinos in the Gaza Strip as Israel’s military operations against Hamas targets continue.

It was a tough year for the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) as it struggled to deal with a host of diplomatic issues ranging from piracy in Somalia and a territorial spat with Taiwan to defending the country’s human rights record.

Former overseas performing artists (OPA) in Japan are seeking the government’s help in making representation with Tokyo so that their children who were unrecognized or abandoned by their Japanese fathers can avail of their rights and privileges in that country.

Asia News Network Inquirer.net KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia — A Philippines government suggestion that its citizens who have been in Sabah for a long time be accorded Malaysian permanent resident status has drawn opposition from state leaders. “Malaysia has its ways of dealing with illegal immigrants and as far as I know, this is not one…