Fruit Pickers Deported

The Immigration Department last night sent home 76 illegal foreign workers the largest deportation of workers from Australia in 10 years.

The foreign nationals from Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea and Nepal had been working illegally as fruit pickers in Victoria's Goulburn Valley.

Immigration Department spokesman Sandi Logan says the department is proud of the operation, which resulted in 90 illegal workers being arrested during a raid on a caravan park last week in Mooroopna.

Immigration Department spokesman Sandi Logan says the employers could face severe penalties for hiring illegal workers.

The important message here is not only for those who are arrested for illegally working, but particularly for employers, that this is a very serious offence," Sandi Logan said.

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