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        "id": 1673439,
        "msgid": "legislator-immigration-oversight-at-borders-requires-serious-attention-1776052250",
        "date": "2026-04-13 10:01:07",
        "title": "Legislator: Immigration Oversight at Borders Requires Serious Attention",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Regulation",
        "summary": "Dewi Asmara, Deputy Chair of DPR RI's Commission XIII, has stressed the urgent need for enhanced immigration oversight at Indonesia's border regions, particularly at the 14 existing border crossing posts, due to challenges like limited facilities, geographical barriers, and difficult access. She highlighted risks such as undocumented migrant workers, human trafficking, and drug circulation, urging improvements in human resources, infrastructure, and internet connectivity to ensure effective operations. Asmara also called for stronger synergy between central and local governments to prevent border communities from feeling marginalised and to affirm the state's presence in these areas.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - Deputy Chair of DPR RI\u2019s Commission XIII, Dewi\nAsmara, stated that immigration oversight in Indonesia\u2019s border areas,\nespecially at state border crossing posts, requires serious\nattention.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dewi, the length of the border line poses a primary\nchallenge, compounded by the limited number of oversight posts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOut of the total 14 border crossing posts that exist, all of them\nneed serious attention, not just in West Kalimantan, but across all of\nIndonesia\u2019s border regions,\u201d she said, as per a statement received in\nJakarta on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the limitations of the posts, Dewi noted that\ngeographical factors and the distant travel distances to border areas\nalso hinder oversight operations. Difficult transportation access is\nassessed to directly impact the effectiveness of field officers.<\/p>\n<p>She also spotlighted various potential vulnerabilities in border\nareas, ranging from non-procedural migrant workers, criminal acts of\nhuman trafficking (TPPO), to the circulation of narcotics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are many unofficial routes that could become threats if\noversight is not carried out optimally,\u201d said Dewi.<\/p>\n<p>She emphasised the importance of enhancing the quality of human\nresources as well as providing facilities and infrastructure for\nofficers in border areas. Special attention needs to be given to\nofficers in the outermost, frontmost, and most underdeveloped\nregions.<\/p>\n<p>Dewi further stressed the importance of synergy between the central\nand regional governments, including in fulfilling infrastructure such as\ninternet networks that are still limited in several border areas.<\/p>\n<p>This immigration and human rights affairs legislator hopes that the\ngovernment can provide greater attention to border areas as a form of\nthe state\u2019s presence for the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not let border communities feel sidelined. They are also an\nimportant part of the nation that must receive equal attention,\u201d said\nDewi.<\/p>\n<p>Dewi Asmara and members of DPR RI\u2019s Commission XIII conducted a\nspecific working visit to the Regional Office of the Directorate General\nof Immigration of the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections in\nPontianak, West Kalimantan, on Thursday (9\/4).<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/legislator-immigration-oversight-at-borders-requires-serious-attention-1776052250",
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