Dinamika Pengawasan Keimigrasian Terhadap Pencari Suaka dan Pengungsi Mandiri di Indonesia

Abstract

This study is intended to discuss the phenomenon of asylum seekers and independent refugees, the basis of legal instruments and immigration supervision mechanisms as a form of intervention from the sovereignty of the Indonesian state. The research method used in this study is an empirical normative method to examine legal norms regarding immigration supervision by looking at social problems in the field, namely asylum seekers and independent refugees. Indonesia as a transit country must face the phenomenon of asylum seekers and independent refugees scattered in various parts of Indonesia. To make ends meet, asylum seekers and independent refugees often carry out various activities that are against positive laws in Indonesia. Therefore, Presidential Regulation Number 125 of 2016 concerning the Handling of Refugees From Abroad regulates preventive steps for this problem, namely the implementation of immigration supervision, especially for asylum seekers and refugees who are outside temporary shelters. However, this PPLN Presidential Regulation has not coordinated the immigration supervision function as a whole because it does not regulate the implementation of the field supervision function. In carrying out the Immigration supervision function, immigration officers need to coordinate between ministries, relevant agencies as well as IOM and UNHCR, although these two organizations are less cooperative and transparent in providing information or data on asylum seekers and independent refugees. However, immigration control is also helped by the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS).