Print :- Nine Afghan migrants killed after boat sinks off IndonesiaPosted on : 2009-05-29 | Author : DPA
Jakarta - Nine people were killed and 11 were missing after a boat carrying 36 undocumented migrants from Afghanistan sank off Indonesia's Sumatra island, police said Friday. Sixteen people were rescued by fishermen after the boat capsized Thursday off Riau province, said Arifin, a local police officer who like many Indonesians uses only one name.
Indonesia's Immigration Department has said about 900 asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Iraq, Sri Lanka and other countries are currently being detained pending an examination of their status.
Undocumented migrants from South Asia and the Middle East seeking better lives in Australia have for years used Indonesia as a transit country.
Illegal Afghan Immigration In Tajik Region On The Rise - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2009News / From Our Bureaus
May 28, 2009
QURGHON-TEPPA, Tajikistan -- The head of the migration service in the southern Tajik region of Khatlon says there has been an increase in the number of violations of the immigration rules along the border with Afghanistan, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports.
Izzatullo Ismoilov told RFE/RL that about 70 foreigners have been fined for breaking migration rules in the region since January, while there were only 22 such violations during the same period last year.
The majority of those fined are Afghan citizens. Ismoilov said the most serious cases are related to illegal drug trafficking.
Ismoilov said that about 1,300 foreigners have entered the province legally since January, while seven who tried to enter were deported.
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