Off the wire
• Asia-Pacific intelligence chiefs meet in Brunei on security cooperation  • Jinan Military Area Command voices support for troop cut decision  • Taiwan escalates efforts as dengue fever cases near 6,000  • New Zealand government yields to public outcry over refugee stance  • Foreign V-Day parade troops leave China  • China launches training for UN military observers  • Australia to crack down on illegal offshore betting operators  • Indian stocks open higher  • Tokyo stocks drop 0.36 pct in choppy morning trading  • Toshiba logs 317.7 mln USD net loss in FY 2014  
You are here: 　 Home

ASEAN senior immigration officials discuss cooperation in Cambodia

Xinhua, September 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

Senior immigration officials from the ten ASEAN member countries gathered here on Monday to discuss ways to further enhance regional cooperation, a Cambodian senior official said.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 11th ASEAN Immigration Intelligence Forum, Major General Sok Veasna, director of the General Department of Immigration's non-immigration and technology department, said the meeting aimed to strengthen regional cooperation through sharing immigration intelligence and information among ASEAN member states.

"Sharing intelligence is becoming a very useful tool to make sure that we could prevent unwanted travelers crossing our borders from one to another. Furthermore, by enhancing the closed cooperation, we could learn many good lessons and experience from each other," he said.

The official said sharing intelligence among ASEAN member states should be as quick as possible in order to join hand in fighting any kind of threats to each nation in the region.

The participators will also discuss issues of immigration hotline creation, intelligence data sharing protocol, and irregular movement of people.

"These items will obviously contribute a lot to a better immigration management for the ASEAN region," he said.

The meeting is part of preparations for the 19th Meeting of the ASEAN Directors-General of Immigration Department and Heads of Consular Affairs Divisions of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs which opens Tuesday.

Founded in 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN) groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Endi