Getting tired with illegal immigrant entering their country, Australia then join hand with Mabes Polri – Indonesian Republic Police Force – this kangaroo country would help the financing for anti illegal immigrant operation. The fund valued for $3.6 million Australian currency (around IDR 27.7 billion).

“We want to utilize it well, as the fund will be dedicated to various program,” said Kabareskrim Polri Komjen Pol Ito Sumardi after signed cooperation agreement with Australian Federal Police (AFP) yesterday.

Ito explained that the fund will be used for Bareskrim operation as well as Badan Pembinaan dan Keamanan (Babinkam) – Guidance and Security Department – especially dedicated for water police whose manage this illegal immigrant issue. “The fund also poured into training for operational such as police patrol,” he said.

Nowadays, asylum seeker arrested precisely brought problem for the police. The investigator sometime rented hotel or house. “This is because we have no place,” said formerly Kapolwiltabes Surabaya.

That assistance, Ito continued, absolutely was not given for free. “They hope, with that fund assistance, there will be no people smuggled into their country, either from Indonesia or straightly to Australia,” he explained.

All this time, Indonesian Police still could not identify the exact reason and the background of those illegal immigrants ashore in Indonesia. The police suspect them for intentionally escape from their country to avoid conflict. “According to our data, from 797 illegal immigrants arrested, 70 percent of them came from Afghanistan. We don’t want to transportate their state conflict into our country,” he said.

News by Lombok Post

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