So Far in 2017, 562 Foreigners Were Denied Entry into Indonesia
A total of 562 foreigners have been refused entry into Indonesia at Indonesia's busiest airport, Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (located just outside Jakarta) so far in 2017 (up to 18 December). Enang Syamsi, Head of Immigration Office (Kelas I Department) at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, said this is a lower figure compared to one year ago when 719 foreigners were denied access to Indonesia.
Foreigners are not denied entry into the world's largest Archipelago for nothing, Syamsi continued. There are several reasons for the rejection of foreign visitors, such as false documents, fake passports, suspicion of human trafficking, suspicion of cyber crime, the foreigner being listed on an international "wanted list", invalid visa - or carrying no visa at all -, and for (potentially) disturbing the public order.
Syamsi explained that Indonesia's Immigration Office cooperates with many sides - including Interpol and foreign governments - to prevent the wrong foreign people from entering Indonesia.
When we take a look at the list of 562 foreigners that were denied access at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport so far in 2017, then we can conclude that most are Asians, especially originating from developing countries. A total of 185 came from Bangladesh, 68 from China, 62 from India, 26 from Morocco, and 26 from Pakistan.
