Islands in focus: Migrants housed in hotel due to overcrowding
The Jakarta Post, Kupang | Archipelago | Thu, June 04 2015, 8:59 AM

Kupang Immigration Office head Agus Dwianto said 65 migrants from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar, who had been stranded in Rote, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), were being accommodated at Hotel Ina Boi as the Kupang Immigration Detention Center (Rudenim) was beyond capacity.

“Currently, around 180 migrants from the Middle East are being held at the Kupang Rudenim. There is no room there for the 65 migrants and so they are being accommodated at the hotel prior to their deportation,” Agus told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.

Agus said NTT was overwhelmed with the vast number of illegal immigrants who wanted to seek asylum in Australia. The number of Middle East immigrants stands at 438 in Kupang city.
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