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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Up to three foreigners were returned to their home countries on the first day of the implementation of the ban on foreigners at Soekarno-Hatta airport, Friday January 1, 2021. “The three foreigners do not have KITAS and KITAP,” he said the head of immigration at the Soekarno-Hatta airport, Romi Yudianto, to Tempo. , Friday, January 1, 2021.
Romi said the three foreigners were two Lebanese citizens and one Yemeni citizen. They arrived at Soekarno-Hatta airport on Friday at 4:00 p.m. aboard an Etihad plane.
Based on Circular Number 04/2020, it is also established that foreign travelers from abroad are exempt: holders of diplomatic residence permits and official residence permits, as well as holders of limited stay permit cards (KITAS) and credit cards. permanent residence permit (KITAP). Since they do not have KITAS and KITAP, the agents will immediately repatriate the three foreigners.
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However, when they were about to be repatriated, the three of them went crazy. “At first we wanted to go home right away. But they went crazy and admitted they still had jetlag because they had been flying for 8 hours,” Romi said. So the three people were temporarily locked in the immigration detention room and sent home tomorrow.
According to the Soekarno-Hatta immigration data, there were hundreds of international destination passengers who landed at the Soekarno-Hatta airport as of Friday night.
The details, Singapore Airlines with a total of 126 passengers, AKA 3838 Kuala Lumpur (125 passengers), GA 821 (74 passengers), China Airlines (42 passengers), GA 9812 (302 passengers) and Etihad (92 passengers).
According to Romi, most of the passengers on international planes are Indonesian citizens. They were immediately quarantined for 5 days at the hotel provided. “Two foreigners are allowed in because they have KITAS and KITAP,” Romi said.
As of today, the entry of foreigners from all countries to Indonesia will be closed according to Circular Number 04/2020 of the Covid-19 Handling Task Force.
Foreigners who are exempt from closure are holders of diplomatic visas and service visas related to official visits by foreign officials at ministerial and higher level; the holder of a diplomatic residence permit and an official residence permit; KITAS and KITAP supports.
The president of the Air Task Force for the Management of Covid-19, Colonel Pas MA Silaban made sure that the implementation of this regulation went smoothly. “On the first day, the implementation of the regulations went well at Soekarno-Hatta airport,” he said in a written statement.
Silaban said that if a foreigner landed at Soekarno-Hatta Airport Terminal 3 during the closure period, the person in question had to fly back to the departure country of origin.
“We ask for understanding for foreigners who are not included in the exemption and land during the closing period, so that they must fly back to the country of origin of departure,” he said.
The head of the Soekarno-Hatta class I port health office, Dr. Darmawali Handoko, said this policy was part of efforts to prevent the B117 variant of Covid-19.
“According to SE 04/2020, SARS-CoV-2 variant B117 has been found, so special provisions are needed for foreign travelers to protect Indonesian citizens from imported cases,” said Darmawali.
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