The 61 deportees comprised 54 Papua New Guineans, of which 23 were repatriated by the Jayapura Immigration Office, 19 from the Jayapura immigration detention house (Rudenim), and two from the Merauke Immigration Office, head of the immigration division at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights in Papua, Novianto Sulastono, stated in Jayapura on Thursday.
Sulastono pointed out that in addition to the Papua New Guineans, the deportees comprised eight Chinese nationals, two Dutch and Ukrainian citizens, three Kazakh nationals, one Italian, and a Sri Lankan.
The 61 foreign nationals, apart from being sent home to their countries through Jakarta, were also included on the list of people who were banned, he expounded.
Moreover, Sulastono highlighted that the number of people deported had decreased as compared to 2020 when 116 deportees were reported, of which 99 were Papua New Guineans.
The Papua New Guinea nationals were deported since they had not legally entered Indonesia, as they did not hold requisite documents, among other things, Sulastono pointed out.
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Translator: Evarukdijati, Kenzu T
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