The Migration Policy during Covid-19 Outbreak: The Case of Indonesia’s Immigration Governance

Arifin, Ridwan; Wiraputra, Anindito Rizki

doi:10.18196/jgp.113122

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“…Third, the research entitled 'The migration policy during COVID-19 outbreak: The case of Indonesia's immigration governance' [14]. This study finds that migration policies and governance in Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic indicate a lack of coordination between border agencies, and this can lead to mutual blame.…”

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International Law, Humanitarian Issues, and the Covid-19 Outbreak: The Ambivalence of Indonesian Government in Handling Refugees

Kusuma¹,

Octastefani²

2022

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This research aims to reveal the difficulties faced by the Indonesian government in dealing with refugees during the COVID-19 outbreak and find solutions to these problems. To analyze this phenomenon, this research used a descriptive qualitative approach. Data was collected through interviews, literature study, and supported by observation. The research result shows that the Indonesian government faces ambivalence in dealing with this problem. On the one hand, Indonesia did not participate in ratifying the 1951 International Convention and the 1967 Protocol, so Indonesia was not obliged to handle the presence of refugees. But on the other hand, since early 2020, Indonesia has been appointed as a member of the UN Human Rights Council so indirectly Indonesia must comply with all forms of international declarations on human rights. With this position, the Indonesian government must normatively pay attention to refugees in the form of access to social assistance and health facility services. Considering government limitations due to the COVID-19 outbreak, several solutions that can be taken include clarifying and strengthening the cooperation with UNHCR and IOM, expanding community-based protection cooperation, delegating part of the state's authority to local governments which deemed capable, and regulating the opening of limited work access for refugees.

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International Law, Humanitarian Issues, and the Covid-19 Outbreak: The Ambivalence of Indonesian Government in Handling Refugees

Kusuma¹,

Octastefani²

2022

taiwanproceeding

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“…All foreign workers and investors must hold a temporary residence permit or Itas issued by an immigration office. Through deregulation programs and national legislation bills, the Indonesian government has responded to the situations in particular migration concepts, border control management at entry points, and work or residence permits [13]. On the contrary, some rules are found to be fragmented and overlapped among relevant government agencies where transparency and accountability concerns have triggered uncertainty and wicked problems of national security issues [6,14,15].…”

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Foreign Workers and Investors in Indonesia: Border Control Practices and Challenges During the Covid-19 Outbreak

Arifin¹

2023

Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research

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Flocks of foreign nationals as top-level managers, high-skilled workers, and investors are encouraged to work at multinational companies and invest a great amount of money in some national strategic projects during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Indonesian government has responded to these situations, particularly migration concepts, border control management at entry points, and work or residence permits. E-government initiative has been adopted to address these issues, but it lacks digital system development, interoperability applications, and internet infrastructures. This study identifies practices and challenges of how business law in Indonesia offers the ease of doing business and investment for foreign nationals towards trust and economic stability during the Covid-19 outbreak. It employs a public policy analysis approach by exploring the policy documents on border control management in Indonesia in the framework of business and investment. The result shows a business law construction where government agencies published fragmented regulations about foreign workers or investors entering and staying in Indonesia, including poor public online service. It suggests that any regulations could be issued by a coordinating minister, considering the integration of visas, residence permit, and work permit in a single format, and interoperability of all web or app-based services.

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“…While border restrictions or closure may be justified, exceptions are needed to safeguard basic rights, including for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. [11] The opportunity was wide open for Indonesia and Singapore to open their borders to one another after the pandemic which this tourism sector could be improved notably and be beneficial for both countries to the challenges of boosting the process of tourism recovery.…”

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Indonesia-Singapore Cross Border Tourism Facts

Amalia¹,

Abnur²,

Rais³

2022

Proceedings of the International Academic Conference on Tourism (INTACT) "Post Pandemic Tourism: Trends and Future Directions"

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Tourism cooperation between Indonesia and Singapore is mutually beneficial as Singapore is an international transit centres for many tourists visiting Indonesia especially those came from both Batam and Bintan's entrances. Indonesia gains from the big traffics in Singapore in which had contributed the "multiplier effect" on economic development of the two countries. After two years of lull in tourism due to the coronavirus pandemic, the popular Indonesian holiday islands of Bintan and Batam in Riau Archipelago Province were finalised plans in reponing their shores to leisure travellers from Singapore. The Indonesian government was prepared the launching of the travel bubble as Covid-19 cases on the two islands are under control. The Indonesian government is encouraging the establishment of travel bubble between Batam, Bintan and Singapore. This would help spur tourism as a travel corridor system which aims to divide travellers into different groups (bubbles) by separating travellers or the one who has a risk of being contracted to COVID-19 (either from history of contact or history of traveling to areas where community transmission has occurred) from the general public, accompanied by restrictions on interaction only to people in the same group (bubble) and the implementation of quarantine principles to minimize the risk of spreading COVID-19. The research aimed to elaborate how the strategy being taken by Indonesia government to expedite the travel bubble implementation to enable the execution of reopening borders The thematic analysis of the research will also indicated framework for assessing various cross-border travel arrangements component being planned and its executing steps being taken.

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The Migration Policy during Covid-19 Outbreak: The Case of Indonesia’s Immigration Governance

Cited by 5 publications

References 23 publications

International Law, Humanitarian Issues, and the Covid-19 Outbreak: The Ambivalence of Indonesian Government in Handling Refugees

International Law, Humanitarian Issues, and the Covid-19 Outbreak: The Ambivalence of Indonesian Government in Handling Refugees

Foreign Workers and Investors in Indonesia: Border Control Practices and Challenges During the Covid-19 Outbreak

Indonesia-Singapore Cross Border Tourism Facts

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