Anies Admits Not Banning Migrants, 4,696 Non-DKI ID Card Citizens Invade Jakarta

JAKARTA - One week after Eid al-Fitr 1442 H, almost five thousand migrants with ID cards not DKI citizens from various regions arrived in Jakarta. Earlier, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said it was not illegal for migrants to enter.

"The number of non-DKI citizens who arrived until this morning at 07.00 WIB reached 4,696 people", Head of The Population and Civil Records Office of DKI Jakarta Budi Awaludin told reporters, Thursday, May 20.

Budi said the Provincial Government of DKI Jakarta has never prohibited residents outside the region to come to Jakarta. Because they have their own needs while in the capital.

"Please if you want to come with his interests. Many people want to go to college, apply for jobs, work, and others. The Provincial Government of DKI Jakarta does not prohibit to come, please", he said.

Clearly, said Budi, everyone who enters Jakarta today must ensure that he/she does not contract COVID-19 by conducting an antigen swab or PCR test. But as it turns out, there are still several people who come to the capital city who do not carry COVID-19 free papers.

"If the data I see approximately 10 percent that brings swab test results or antigens. This will be the task of the regions, who end up socializing for self-isolation", he said.

Earlier, Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan insisted that he did not prohibit people from entering the capital after Eid al-Fitr.

"I want to underline that Jakarta's policy has never banned people from entering Jakarta, so this is not a ban, because Jakarta is part of Indonesia, anyone can come to any city", Anies said in his statement, Monday, May 17.

However, the Provincial Government of DKI Jakarta imposed a two-layer screening for travelers or travelers who return to Jakarta. At the time after Eid al-Fitr, there will be checks on those who enter Jakarta.

"There will be two measures to tighten monitoring of the movement of people entering Jakarta. Namely, screening at each entrance to Jakarta and even Jabodetabek. Then, for private vehicles will be conducted random screening for those who enter", said Anies.

"Second, when it reaches the residence. Later we have a special application used by the Head of RT/RW (Asosiasi Lingkungan dan Warga) for them to do reporting twice a day on conditions in the region", he added.