City to check door-to-door for migrants<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The city administration is launching a \"population operation\" in
\nthe capital's five municipalities to deter migrants, particularly
\nunskilled ones, after the Idul Fitri holiday when many people
\nenter the capital.<\/p>\n
Administration officials will go from door to door, unlike in
\nprevious years when they checked migrants at entry points such as
\nrailway stations and bus terminals, in areas suspected to be
\nenclaves of unskilled migrants.<\/p>\n
\"Each municipality has maps showing areas where unskilled
\nmigrants usually stay,\" said City Population Agency head Sylviana
\nMurni. \"We won't reveal the schedule of the operation to the
\npublic.\"<\/p>\n
The operation will aim at migrants who do not possess Jakarta
\nID cards and, most importantly, who do not have jobs. Most
\nunskilled workers end up working as housemaids, construction
\nworkers or scavengers. Others establish small businesses like
\nfood stalls or kiosks.<\/p>\n
Sylviana said that during the operation, judges and lawyers
\nwould be involved for on-the-spot trials for migrants.<\/p>\n
\"The bylaw on population stipulates that those who have no
\nadequate documents during their stay in Jakarta will be sent to
\njail for a maximum of three months or will be fined a maximum of
\nRp 5 million (US$588),\" she said.<\/p>\n
The agency recorded 204,830 migrants entering the capital this
\nyear. Some 2,816,384 people left the capital for the Idul Fitri
\nexodus and 3,021,214 people entered Jakarta in the influx. The
\ndata were collected from railway stations, bus terminals,
\nseaports and airports on people entering and leaving the city
\nbetween Nov. 18 and Dec. 3.<\/p>\n
Sylviana said the number of migrants this year was 12 percent
\nfewer than last year when 231,528 migrants entered the capital.
\nShe indicated that the string of evictions conducted by the
\nadministration over the last four months could have been a
\ndeterrent to migrants.<\/p>\n
Most migrants come from towns in West Java like Indramayu and
\nKuningan, as well as from Banten, East Java, Central Java,
\nYogyakarta and West Sumatra provinces.<\/p>\n
With an estimate of 70 percent of the country's money
\ncirculating in Jakarta only, unskilled migrants from outside
\nJakarta come to the capital to earn money due to the lack of
\nemployment in their hometowns.<\/p>",
"url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/city-to-check-door-to-door-for-migrants-1447893297",
"image": ""
},
"sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
"sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
}