Batam Immigration office will ask the Ukrainian Embassy in Jakarta to finance the planned deportation of its 41 citizens currently stranded aboard a ship in Batam waters, Riau Islands province, an official has said.The supervisory and execution division head of immigration, Rafli, said on Friday the 41 crew members of the Ocean Green vessel would be deported as their visas would expire on Friday.“If they want to extend their visas, they can do it in Batam by paying an additional late-submission fee of Rp 350,000 [US$28]. If they don’t pay, they will be detained aboard their ship under guard,” Rafli …read more
Source: The Jakarta Post
