Minister of Immigration and Correction Affairs, Agus Andrianto, stated that his department enforced immigration law against 5,564 foreign nationals who committed immigration-related violations throughout 2024.
This number, Andrianto continued, comprised 130 foreigners subject to immigration criminal law enforcement and 5,434 foreign nationals subject to immigration administrative law enforcement.
“The results of monitoring foreigners [suggest] there were 5,564 violations committed by immigration law enforcement,” he underlined during a meeting with Commission XIII of the House of Representatives (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Republik Indonesia or DPR RI) at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, on Wednesday, 19th of February.
Meanwhile, throughout 2024, the four major actions carried out by the Minister of Immigration and Correction Affairs were deportation with proposed deterrence (2,564 cases), the requirement to reside in a specific location (1,437 cases), immediate deportation (1,406 cases), and other immigration actions (91 cases). In total, immigration law enforcement in the past year saw a significant increase of 124.13% compared to 2023.
Andrianto also revealed that the number of violations subject to immigration administrative law enforcement in 2024 increased by 62.16%, rising from 3,351 foreigners in 2023 to 5,434 in the following year. Additionally, throughout 2024, the Minister of Immigration and Correction Affairs conducted 12,489 monitoring activities on foreigners in Indonesia.
“Supervision under central control is 1,630 activities, while supervision under work unit control is 10,859 activities,” he added.
Speaking to the press on the same day, Andrianto also commented on the currently viral #KaburAjaDulu (roughly translated to English as “Just Leave First”) on social media, where netizens are encouraging Indonesian citizens to settle abroad due to the uncertain political and economic situation in the country. Andrianto noted that there has yet to be a spike in international relocations.
“So far, there hasn’t been any. Things are still normal,” he remarked.