Jakarta – Ahmad Sahroni, Deputy Chairman of the Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR), has lauded a relocation by the Directorate General of Immigration of the Ministry of Law and Human Being Rights, to suspend entry of visitors from India.
” The relocation by the immigration (directorate general) is ideal and quick. This is owing to the variety of COVID-19 cases on a rise in the nation,” Sahroni stated in a statement here on Sunday.
Sahroni thought that Indonesia’s policy is extremely sensible due to the fact that the handling of COVID-19 in the country is still continuous, so it would be very risky to confess residents from nations with very high rates of pandemic transmission.
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” The handling of the pandemic in the country is presently still continuous, so it is just natural that Indonesia initially bans the entry of tourists from nations with high number of COVID-19 cases,” he said.
The political leader from the National Democratic (NasDem) Celebration likewise reminded immigration to always monitor and update info concerning the condition of COVID-19 abroad, so that they can make policies rapidly and exactly.
The Indonesian Ministry of Law and Human Rights has formally provided an entry ban for travelers from India to Indonesia.
” Besides the entry ban, we likewise temporarily suspend the issuance of visas for Indian people,” the ministry’s Director General of Migration Jhoni Ginting stated in a declaration here on Saturday (24/ 4).
The guideline is released by the Indonesian government in action to the latest extreme spike in day-to-day COVID-19 cases in India.
The restriction is also used to every foreigner who has a travel history from Indian within 14 days before getting in Indonesia.
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