Govt to revise Immigration Law

Hamsuk S Widjaja, chairman of the information division at the Directorate General of Immigration, said on Friday the government needed to review the current immigration law in order to keep up with the latest progress in international agreements and conventions.

He said the revision of Law No. 9/1992 on immigration was necessary to regulate cases involving international law such as illegal migrants, people smuggling and trafficking in women and children.

Hamsuk said revising the law also would be useful as a legal basis to control the traffic of foreigners into the country.

Currently, Indonesia has signed the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorism, and will also sign the International Convention on the Trafficking of Women and Children, and the Convention on Migrant Smuggling. --Antara