Ministry Of Home Affairs: Activities Of Foreigners In Indonesia Need To Be Supervised

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JAKARTA - The Director General (Dirjen) of Politics and General Administration (Pol and PUM) of the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) Bahtiar revealed that the existence, activities of foreigners and foreign institutions in Indonesia needed to be monitored.

"This aims to ensure that the foreigner while in Indonesian territory can provide benefits", said Bahtiar, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, August 3.

Although the activities of foreigners in Indonesia have been regulated in various regulations and provisions, he said, there are still various problems such as violations, misuse of permits, conflicts, to foreign media coverage that can lead to negative political tendencies.

"During the COVID-19 pandemic, we monitor together that the issue of illegal and legal foreign workers is enough to cause pros and cons, even hoaxes in the community", said Bahtiar at an online seminar with the theme "Monitoring and Supervision of Foreigners and Institutions. Foreigners during the COVID-19 Pandemic".

To overcome these problems, continued Bahtiar, it is necessary to anticipate through early prevention, early detection, and early reporting. In addition, coordination and synergy between stakeholders is needed in supervising and monitoring foreigners and foreign institutions in the regions.

“This means that supervision must be carried out not only by one institution, but jointly, synergistically, and collaboratively. In fact, there must be community involvement", said Bahtiar.

Bahtiar emphasized that the involvement of the regional government is very necessary because the regional head is obliged to maintain peace and public order in his area. This includes monitoring the impact of the presence and activities of foreigners and foreign institutions.

He mentioned several legal guidelines that became a reference for local governments in monitoring foreigners and foreign workers (TKA). These include Minister of Home Affairs Regulation (Permendagri) Number 49 of 2010 concerning Guidelines for Monitoring Foreign Workers and Community Organizations in the Region and Minister of Home Affairs Regulation Number 50 of 2010 concerning Guidelines for Monitoring of Foreign Workers in the Regions.