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56 ICMAR June2019 BRR785 SS pp.251-260
56 ICMAR June2019 BRR785 SS pp.251-260
56 ICMAR June2019 BRR785 SS pp.251-260
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Abstract
Vast numbers of visitors, workers, investors, and students entering through Indonesian airports
are on the rise where the Directorate General of Immigration applies the selective policy.
However, newly recruited frontline officers at immigration controls were posted in every airport
in Indonesia. These may lead to problems with border security issues including visitors and
illegal entrants who plan to stay and work in Indonesia. This study is to measure the correlation
of the immigration clearance process, the selective policy and security approach at airports in
Indonesia from the perspectives of immigration officers at immigration controls. It shows that
there is a strong coefficient correlation of 0.092 between the immigration clearance process, the
selective policy and security approach. It demonstrates a linear correlation among three and
positive correlation (0,092) dan (0,164). If the selective policy is performed strictly, the security
approach is also increased and may result in the effective immigration clearance process at
airports in Indonesia. This study proposed a framework of immigration control at airports to
illustrate how they strongly interrelate one another and shape perspectives of front-line officers.
Keywords: Border Security, Immigration Clearance, Security Approach, Selective Policy.
specific culture of communities sharpen the understanding of borders. In the study of border
control management of Western countries, Tholen (2010) suggested a new border control that
has changed into proactive strategies rather than reactive, risk management than checking on
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travelers, collecting any data not only inspecting identifications, and strategies involving
process (Filomeno 2017). This policy is described in the long-term and short-term programs
assembly of I-24/7 system to the BCM system (DHI 2019). The data in the I-24/7 Interpol
system containing an identity of missing persons, wanted persons, lost and stolen documents
data is synchronized to the BCM at Jakarta and Bali Airports. Thus, immigration officers at
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airports are more cautious in conducting an immigration clearance to every person coming and
4. Results
A survey is delivered to 3 immigration controls at airports with the result of 88.1% male and
11.9% female officers, and 36.8% work at Bali airport, 33.1% at Batam airport, and 30.1% at
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Jakarta airport. There are 71.3% officers have been working for not exceeding 1 year, 16.2%
officers have been working for 1 to 2 years, and 8.1% for 3-4 years with various positions and
experienced. 35.3% officers had graduated from the special (advanced) immigration training,
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while more than 58.8% officers had been through the basic level training. There are 125
ECS and Interpol I-24/7 systems are connected to the Border Control Management (BCM)
system to detect and identify an inadmissible person who does not comply with the Indonesian
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Immigration law. In a recent study, about borders and security in the twenty-first century,
immigration authorities. It is an integrated system because the border is a virtual and security
gate and de-territorialized with biometric controls by scanning and screening process (Amoore,
Marmura et al. 2008). APIS is the system used by all airlines operating the international flights
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consisting list of passengers (manifest) and crews (general declaration), details of flights prior
Secondly, border security aspects are the main concern in the practice of immigration controls
at airports. A security-based approach to immigration control at airport is mainly performed by
immigration officers in selecting every person to enter and leave Indonesia. The ICAO Security
and Facilitation is set as the policy instrument describing guidance of Border Control
Management. This attributes some measures like pre-empting and preventive strategies, and an
intelligence activity. Border crime and illegal immigration pre-empting and preventing
measures signifies a transformation from the border to border (physical) security to national
security and sovereignty including societal security (Prokkola 2012). Interpol I-24/7 system
containing criminal databases is installed in the application system at immigration control to
detect and identify travelers entering and leaving the country. To perform an intelligence
activity in immigration controls, border areas provoke some efforts of surveillance through
CCTV, mobility monitoring, and automated systems of surveillance (Adey 2004). These aspects
denote preempting and preventive procedures where intelligence activity and adoption of
information technology apply before and upon arrival.
As the third one, the immigration selective policy is applied by the Indonesian immigration
agency under the Indonesian Immigration Act Number 6 of 2011. Further, the code of conducts
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at immigration control of airports refer to the Law and Human Rights Ministerial Regulation
Number 44 of 2015 on procedures of entering and leaving Indonesia through points of entry and
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exit.The selective policy which is only qualifying those with benefits and profits, economy and
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xxii. Morris, S., et al., 2014. Smart Borders Increasing security without sacrificing mobility. UK,
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