Immigration Directorate General establishes systematic human trafficking prevention ecosystem
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Directorate General of Immigration (Ditjen Imigrasi) has established a systematic human trafficking prevention ecosystem at critical points in the journey of Indonesian citizens (WNI) from villages to overseas.
The statement was made by Directorate General of Immigration Director General Hendarsam Marantoko during a hearing with Commission XIII on human trafficking at the Senayan Building in Jakarta on Monday.
“We have also established a systematic prevention ecosystem, beginning from pre-passport application, through the passport application process, departure at immigration checkpoints (TPI), passport applications abroad, and when WNI return to Indonesia,” said Hendarsam.
The strategy has been implemented through mapping high-risk human trafficking villages, followed by legal education and immigration awareness campaigns.
He noted that this action aligns with immigration authority under Article 89 of Law No. 6 of 2011 on Immigration.
The Immigration Law mandates both preventive and repressive measures to prevent human trafficking and human smuggling (TPPM).
He explained that preventive measures include strengthening cooperation and information sharing with domestic and international stakeholders, providing legal education to the public, and ensuring the quality of travel documents.
Regarding upstream prevention, he said it is carried out through inter-agency early detection synergy with the Foreigners Monitoring Team (Timpora), Transnational Organized Crime Task Force (TOC), and the Indonesia Migration Center Forum (IACF).
These steps have proven effective, with the Directorate General of Immigration successfully apprehending hundreds of foreign nationals involved in cross-border crimes,” he added.
“Additionally, we are optimising 885 Immigration Development Villages (DBI), monitored by 446 village immigration officers (Pimpasa),” he explained.
Prevention and handling of human trafficking have also been bolstered by technology, with the Directorate General of Immigration integrating the Border Control Management (BCM) and Subject of Interest (SOI) systems to detect high-risk individuals in real-time and monitor travel records at immigration services and checkpoints (TPI).
“According to our data, there has been a drastic decline in passport rejections and departure delays from 2024 to 2025,” he said.
He explained that non-procedural passport issuance rejections fell by 63.97%, while departure delays at immigration checkpoints dropped by 67.85%.
Hendarsam said the declining trend indicates the success of the immigration early warning system, where upstream education and awareness campaigns have successfully built public vigilance.
“As a result, the public has abandoned intentions to travel non-procedurally before reaching the passport application or border stage,” he added.