Immigration showed that it meant business last year with all its deportations.
As of Bali immigration’s latest count, 408 foreigners were deported from the island in 2014, according to I Gusti Kompyang Adnyana, regional head of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights.
Most of the deported were from, not Australia, but China, Adnyana told Kompas. Dozens of illegal immigrants from China were reportedly in transit from Bali to Australia to seek asylum before getting caught here.
Other data about the island’s foreigners reveals that a whopping 7,935 people hold ITAS and ITAM permanent residence permits—explaining why those Bali housing Facebook groups manage to have so many posts and active members.
