Govt to revise Immigration Law

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