Besides Somalians, there are also illegal immigrants from Sri Lanka (85), Myanmar (23) and other foreigners.Medan, N Sumatra (ANTARA News) - The Immigration Office of Medan, North Sumatra, is detaining 170 Somalians for entering Indonesia without proper immigration documents such as passports.
"Most of the detainees in the Immigration Offices detention center are Somalian citizens," Head of Medans Immigration Detention House Purbanus Purba said here over the weekend.
The Somali people entered Indonesia using wooden boats from Malaysia.
"They arrived in Medan through Tanjung Balai Port. They planned to continue their trip to Jakarta and Australia where they will ask for political asylum," he said.
He said that besides Somalians, there are also illegal immigrants from Sri Lanka (85), Myanmar (23) and other foreigners.
"There are 395 foreigners being detained at the immigration detention center. They all get good protection and are healthy," Purba said.(*)
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