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2020 - Volume 3 - Number 2

Traffic Policy towards the Current of Refugees and Subscribers Movement in Reforming State Sovereignty

Lisda Syamsumardian * lisda.fhub@gmail.com * ORCID: 0000-0001-5750-6115
Brawijaya University, Faculty of Law, Malang, INDONESIA

Abdul Rachmad Budiono * rachmad.budiono@ub.ac.id
Brawijaya University, Faculty of Law, Malang, INDONESIA

Moh. Fadli * mfadlifh@ub.ac.id
Brawijaya University, Faculty of Law, Malang, INDONESIA

Dhiana Puspitawati * dhiana@ub.ac.id
Brawijaya University, Faculty of Law, Malang, INDONESIA

Open Journal for Legal Studies, 2020, 3(2), 167-172 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojls.0302.08167s
Received: 1 November 2020 ▪ Accepted: 24 December 2020 ▪ Published Online: 30 December 2020

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

ARTICLE (Full Text - PDF)

ABSTRACT:
Countries like Indonesia that have immigration routes will look at every foreigner’s problem from an immigration point of view. Foreigners who enter Indonesia without travel documents are considered illegal. When referring to concrete cases, generally refugees or asylum seekers may not have complete travel documents. Because it is impossible for them to be forced to leave their country, by first obtaining a visa, passport, or other correspondence. In most cases that occur, refugees or asylum seekers do not have complete travel documents. So, in order to maintain sovereignty in the authority of immigration supervision, it is very important to research related Immigration traffic. The problem raised in this paper is how the monitoring mechanism of immigration traffic, in order to reinforce the concept of sovereignty. In writing this journal the author uses a statutory approach, a case approach, and a sociological approach. The method used in this paper is a normative juridical method so that answers will be found in the form of a descriptive perspective. The conclusion in this paper is that the policy on the flow of refugee movements into Indonesia is not in accordance with the concept of sovereignty, where the regulation of the flow of refugee movements is very vulnerable to the aspects of crime (trafficking in persons, narcotics, prostitution, etc.), in fact the sovereignty of the state become a protector for refugees who come to Indonesia, from international and national crime systems, and that is often misunderstood. So, the suggestion from this research is that immigration should be given space in the framework of supervision for Refugees and Asylum Seekers, which have been under the authority of the Immigration Detention Center (RUDENIM).

KEY WORDS: refugees, asylum seekers, immigration control, state sovereignty.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Lisda Syamsumardian, Brawijaya University, Faculty of Law, INDONESIA. E-mail: lisda.fhub@gmail.com.

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