With the economic downturn leading to a lack of work, they've applied for voluntary deportation.
But getting home is proving difficult because many of them destroyed their identification documents when they entered the country.
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While they wait to be processed, many are living in either poverty or homelessness and some are turning to crime, alcohol and drug abuse.
BBC's Chris Rogers reports.
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