Six Cambodians held in Ambon

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

The Ambon immigration authorities have detained six Cambodians in the immigration detention house in Paso village, Baguala district in Ambon city, as they do not have any legal immigration documents.
Head of the Ambon Immigration Office Enang Supriyadi said on Tuesday that the Cambodians used to work in a fishery company in Tual, South East Maluku. After their contract ended, they were stranded in Ambon, antaranews.com reported.
Some of them called their families at home, who later contacted the Cambodian Embassy in Jakarta. Upon the suggestion of the embassy, which worked in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Cambodians surrendered themselves to the immigration office.
Enang said that he hoped the embassy and the IOM would facilitate their return to Cambodia soon.
In December this year, the immigration office, in cooperation with IOM, had sent home at least 60 Cambodians through Jakarta, he said.
Enang also revealed that on Saturday immigration authorities arrested a Thai man in the Nusantara Fishery Harbor in Tantui and detained him as he failed to show his immigration papers. (The Jakarta Post)