About 500 to 600 overstayers in Singapore yet to be arrested: Shanmugam
According to data from ICA, the number of overstayers arrested saw a 52 per cent increase from 357 in 2022, to 542 in 2023. ST PHOTO: GIN TAY
Christine Tan
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NOV 17, 2024, 05:00 AM
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SINGAPORE - In the past two years, about 450 overstayers in Singapore were arrested each year.
But around 500 to 600 foreigners here have overstayed after their visit passes expired and have not yet been nabbed by the authorities.
Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam revealed this on Nov 11 in a written reply to a parliamentary question from Workers’ Party MP Sylvia Lim (Aljunied GRC).