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Illegal workers detained at WA farm

More than a dozen illegal workers from Malaysia and Indonesia have been detained after Australian Border Force officerss raided a Perth farm.

More than a dozen illegal workers have been detained after raids on a Perth farm.

The 13 men and a woman from Malaysia and Indonesia were detained by Australian Border Force officers at a farm in Bullsbrook in Perth's north on Wednesday.

The ABF alleges nine were unlawful non-citizens and five had their visas cancelled for working in breach of visa conditions.

They have been taken to an immigration detention centre and arrangements are being made for them to leave Australia, the ABF said in a statement on Friday.


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