Tangerang, Banten, Dec. 30 -- The Immigration Office at Soekarno-Hatta Airport Immigration Checkpoint (TPI) in Tangerang, Banten, thwarted the departure of 137 prospective migrant workers suspected of illegally departing during the Christmas and New Year holiday period.

In preventing the 137 illegal migrant workers, authorities found that they intended to travel to Asian destinations such as Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, and Hong Kong, as well as the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, which are known as destinations with risks of illegal migrant worker placement.

"They all claimed to be tourists who wanted to go on holiday," Head of the Immigration Office at Soekarno-Hatta Galih Kartika Perdhana remarked here on Tuesday.

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