Jayapura – The Migration Office Class I of Jayapura, Papua, Wednesday, deported 30 foreign nationals of Papua New Guinea through the Skouw border post positioned in Jayapura City despite being closed over concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic.
All 30 immigrants have actually been positioned under detention at the Immigration Detention Center of Jayapura after being sentenced considering that 25 of them were involved in criminal cases, while the other five held Papua New Guinea passports however had actually overstayed.
The foreign nationals were sent out to the detention home considering that completion of January this year considering that the Federal government of Papua New Guinea had closed the border after which the Indonesian federal government too decided to close the border in the start of February.
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The Indonesia-Papua New Guinea border is yet closed, so a special permission by both countries has to be issued for deportation, Gatut Setiawan, head of the Immigration Office of Jayapura, stated.
2 buses carried all the 30 deportees, while police cars escorted them to the border location.
After the 30 nationals of Papua New Guinea, the Migration Detention Center of Jayapura is presently just apprehending one Russian.
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