Sutiyoso seeks to limit migrants

Sutiyoso seeks to limit migrants

JAKARTA: City Governor Sutiyoso wants to issue new regulations
limiting incoming migrants claiming many cause problems in the
capital city.

"Until now we can only ask the migrants not to come here and
stay in Jakarta. But it's not effective. So there should be
regulations to enforce this," Sutiyoso said on Thursday.

He said some 250,000 people from outside Jakarta came to
settle in the city every year, while city space was limited and
could no longer accommodate them all.

"Many of them will stay in illegal land plots, such as in
riverbanks, and conduct illegal business," he said as quoted by
Antara.

"With hundred of thousands of people in the city still
unemployed due to the economic crisis, their presence in the city
will only cause many problems. What will become of Jakarta with
their presence?"

He said that with an area of 650-square kilometers, Jakarta
had a population of 10 million people or an average of 15,000
people per square kilometer. --JP