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10.
The Special Rapporteur noted that the ongoing migratory movements in Tanjung Pinang
and Entikong were conducted in a very orderly fashion, whether as organized departures or as
spontaneous ones.
A. Tanjung Pinang
11.
In Tanjung Pinang, migratory flows in both directions were observed, i.e. pre-departure
Government-sponsored training centres, with language and cookery courses, as well as reception
centres for returnees - mainly deportees - who showed signs of severe abuse such as cigarette
burns and scars from beatings.
12.
Deportees arrive from Malaysia on a weekly basis at Batam and Tanjung Pinang, which
are also areas of departure via migration programmes implemented by the Government. Batam
also houses detention centres for undocumented foreign migrants or those found in illegal
circumstances on the high seas belonging to Indonesian territory, namely a group of Vietnamese
Montagnards rescued from a capsized boat on the shores of West Kalimantan Province, as well
as a group of undocumented Sri Lankans. The Special Rapporteur had the opportunity to
interview undocumented migrants during his visit to the detention centres and was able to
observe first hand the living conditions in those centres.
13.
The departure and arrival movements in Tanjung Pinang were more orderly, while in
Entikong, departures seem to occur spontaneously, early in the morning, with queues of mostly
female workers forming to cross the border.
B. Entikong
14.
Entikong’s special position as the main crossing point on a 400-km7 porous border with
Malaysia makes it one of many frequently used locations for undocumented migratory
movements between Indonesia and the Province of Sarawak in Malaysia. Victims of abuse often
take these routes to escape through the jungles of West Kalimantan to return to Indonesia.
Pontianak, the capital city of West Kalimantan Province,8 has therefore established crisis centres
that accommodate and rehabilitate women migrant workers who have suffered sexual abuse,
torture and a range of labour abuses at the hands of employers. Some women experience
extreme anxiety while others exhibit intense fear. Most have had no access to trauma
counselling.
15.
The following findings and recommendations of the Special Rapporteur are based on
interviews with female migrant workers and meetings with the Indonesian authorities as well as
reports received from national and international NGOs in Batam, Pontianak and Jakarta.
7
See www.solidaritycenter.org/files/IndoTraffickingAssessment.
8
See www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/current/archive/sea/2000/03/sea_03132000.htm.