Some 37 illegal immigrants nabbed in West Java
Antara News, Wednesday, April 14, 2010 11:03 WIB
Sukabumi, W Java (ANTARA News) - Some 37 illegal immigrants from the Middle East were nabbed by Sukabumi police early Wednesday morning.
They were arrested at Palampang beach, Ciemas subdistrict in Sukabumi, West Java, when they were about to board a boat for Christmas Island. Palampang beach is quite close to the Australian island of Christmas.
They were herded to Ciemas police office and then driven to Sukabumi immigration office for further investigation.
Chief of Sukabumi police criminal investigation unit Adjunct Commissioner Suciptono also confirmed that the 37 illegal immigrants were captured early Wednesday morning at Palampang beach.
"We have nabbed the 37 illegal immigrants from the Middle East and now they are still at Ciemas police station," Suciptono said they would be driven to Sukabumi immigration office at 9 on Wednesday morning.
But he made no mention on whether they would remain in Indonesia or be deported to their country of origin.
"We will hand over the illegal immigrants to the immigration office to decide whether they should be deported or not," Suciptono said.
Meanwhile, it was reported from Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, on Monday, April 12, 2010, that a total of 135 illegal immigrants had been caught in the province over the past few months and they were still staying at a local immigration detention center.
They came from Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar, were arrested by the police and immigration authorities in Kupang, I Gusti Ngurah Rai, head of the Kupang Immigration Detention Center, said on Monday.
The detained illegals were still waiting for a clarification process to be conducted by the UNHCR and the International Organization of Migration (IOM).
The majority of the detainees were Afghans, he said, adding that they were not in possession of legal travel documents when caught.
The illegal immigrants mostly wanted to go to Australia as asylum seekers but while waiting for the UNHCR and IOM`s clarification process, the police had sent them to the detention center, he said.
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