Foreign Minister: 2012, Case Overwrite citizen Down 50 Percent

VIVAnews - Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa Foreign Ministry has confirmed that the three aspects of the problems of citizens, namely prevention, early detection and protection. These three aspects to fruition, it is evident from the decline in reports of citizens and workers in various countries.


At the Annual Statement of Foreign Minister's speech of 2013, Friday, January 4, 2013, Marty said that last year the prevention aspect scoring citizen reporting of cases dropped by nearly 50 percent. From 38 880 cases in 2011 to 19,218 cases in 2012, or about 0.43 percent of the total citizens abroad.

"Of course, every problem faced citizen treated as a priority. Invariably, whatever the nature and problems," said Marty.

In the aspect of protection, Portal managed to free as many as 110 Indonesians from the death penalty in many countries since the mid-2011 until the end of 2012. "As many as 33 people were released and have returned to pure homeland," said Marty.

One example of the success of Portal in this aspect, he said, is the return of more than 5,000 citizens from the conflict areas in Syria. Currently, there are 7551 more citizens in the country and will be discharged gradually if the situation continues to deteriorate.

"Repatriation is a form of protection. Optimal step would be to look at the situation on the ground. If discharged simultaneously, it would be dangerous for them," he said.

Sources: http://dunia.news.viva.co.id/news/read/379518