22/11/2024
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𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐈𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
New figures released by the Ngurah Rai Immigration Office show that between January and October 2024, 942 foreigners were denied entry to Bali.
In total, 5.3 million international arrivals were recorded as touching down in Denpasar, showing that Bali is on track to have a record-breaking year for tourism by the time the clock strikes midnight on 31st December.
The data show that the Ngurah Rai Immigration Office, which is in charge of all immigration matters at Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, denied entry to 942 foreigners in the first ten months of the year.
Officers also postponed the departure of a further 355 people, a mix of both foreign and Indonesian passport holders.
The top reasons for being denied entry included being blacklisted, not having the correct visa, or being on the Interpol red notice list.
Speaking at a press conference, the Head of the Information and Communication Section of the Class I Immigration Office Special TPI Ngurah Rai, I Nyoman Asta, explained that the immigration post has processed 11,761,729 people by the end of October.
He noted,” This number has increased by 22 percent when compared to the same period in 2023.”
While the denial of entry to Bali has been notably higher in 2024, the number of deportations has also risen in the year to date.
Between January and October 2024, 159 full deportations were carried out in addition to 293 immigration supervisions, which are a form of deportation.
Asta confirmed that 140 of the deportations were a result of violations and disobedience to Indonesian laws, while 118 cases were related to overstays.
Asta explained, “If detailed by country of origin, the most violations come from Nigeria, as many as 32 cases, 29 cases from Russia, 19 cases from China, 17 cases from the United States, 13 cases from Australia, and 13 cases from Uganda.”
Indonesia’s immigration has made it clear that its commitment to zero tolerance for immigration violations will result in deportations.
Speaking in September 2024, the Head of the Bali Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Pramela Yunidar Pasaribu, explained, “The duties and functions of immigration by the Immigration Office in the Bali region have deported throughout this year without exception, including foreign nationals who violate ethics, do not provide a sense of peace and comfort for the surrounding community, and abuse residence permits and overstay. Deportation is carried out without exception.”
