Jayapura Immigration Deportation 119 Foreigners In 10 Months

Head of the Class I Immigration Office of TPI Jayapura Ronny Fajar Purba. (ANTARA/Ardiles Leloltery)

JAKARTA - The Immigration Office Class I TPI Jayapura, Papua has deported 119 foreign nationals (WNA) who violated immigration laws throughout 2024.

"Of the 119 foreigners who were deported, most of them came from Papua New Guinea (PNG)," said Head of the Class I Immigration Office of TPI Jayapura Ronny Fajar Purba in Jayapura, Friday.

According to Purba, in addition, his party took action against 109 foreigners to the stage of the verdict where the types of violations included the misuse of residence permits, overstays, and were unable to show documents in and out of Indonesian territory.

"Meanwhile, for non-ASEAN residents, we have secured one foreigner from Spain on August 14, 2024 for violating Article 76 of the Immigration Law," he said.

Furthermore, three foreigners from Pakistan were deported because they did not have a clear purpose and purpose in the Jayapura City area.

Meanwhile, on October 17, 2024, the Immigration Office Class I TPI Jayapura also secured a foreigner from Ivory Coast in the Entrop area, Jayapura City after receiving information from residents if a foreigner made a fuss in the area.

He added that when he made the arrest, the foreigner showed a passport and residence permit whose validity period had expired on September 20, 2019.

"For this reason, we will coordinate with the Ivory Coast embassy to ensure the whereabouts of its citizens and also to facilitate the issuance of its passports," he said.