Stranded In Rote Ndao NTT After The Ship Was Burned By The Australian Party, The Iraqi Citizen Was Deported By Kupang Immigration

A citizen from Iraq ASO while at the Iraqi Embassy in Jakarta. BETWEEN Kupang's ANTARA/Ho-Rudenim

KUPANG - The Kupang Immigration Detention Center of the NTT Ministry of Law and Human Rights Regional Office deported one of 13 foreign nationals (WNA) from Iraq who were stranded in Rote Ndao waters last December when they were about to enter Australia. Head of Kupang Immigration Detention Center Heksa Asik Soepriadi said that the man who was deported had the initials ASO was male. " ‘ The person concerned was deported because he did not have immigration documents when examined by Kupang Immigration," he told reporters in Kupang, Antara, Thursday, June 8. ASO along with 12 other people were previously stranded in Rote Ndao waters last December, when they were about to enter Australian waters. They were arrested by Australian border police and their ships burned. After being burned, the Australians then provided a new ship with sufficient fuel and pushed the ship to Indonesian waters and then stranded in Rote Ndao waters. Heksa said that ASO was known to have violated the immigration laws articles 113 and 116 in conjunction with article 71 letter b of Law number 6 of 2011 concerning immigration. "After deportation, his name will be included in the demarcation list by the Directorate General of Immigration in response to the proposed delinquency from the Kupang Rudenim," he added. Head of the Kupang Rudenim Security Section, Melsy Fanggi, said that now there are 12 Iraqi citizens who have not been deported because they are still waiting for information from the Iraqi embassy. The “Yang 12 is still waiting for the process from the Iraqi Embassy as well as the passports to be issued by the Iraqi embassy, ” he added. Head of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Marciana D Jone, who directly monitored the deportation process, said that the Iraqi Embassy appreciated the deportation efforts carried out by the Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of East Nusa Tenggara.

"This “ this collaboration is expected to continue in the interests of the two countries," he added.