A Repeat of Nunukan?
Few illegal Indonesian workers in Malaysia have accepted that country's temporary amnesty—a sign that tragedy in large numbers could follow the January 2005 deadline for return.
November 9, 2004
THE Jet Raider fast boat slowly docked at Batam Ferry Center international port. While normal passengers hurried to get a taxi last Sunday, dozens of other passengers were taken to an accommodations center for Indonesian migrant workers in Sekupang, Batam. "I will have to wait for the ship," said Supriadi, a migrant worker from Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara.
Supriadi would spend the night in Batam waiting for a boat that would
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