PNG Immigration and Citizenship Authority (ICA)

Hulahau on ICA’s dual responsibility

Chief Immigration Officer (CMO), Stanis Hulahau when answering the question of the whether the ICA is an enforcement agency or revenue collection agency said, “The short answer to this question is, both.” 

He was speaking at the PNG National Research Institute Council Chairman’s Seminar Series on National Security, that took place on April 13 and 14.

The seminar provided an opportunity for the CMO to elaborate on how ICA is able to successfully navigate the two complex requirements, which may seem to conflict each other.

Illegal poaching, Vietnamese deported

The Vietnamese nationals were taken into immigration detention at the newly-opened Bomana Immigration Centre (BIC) on September 2nd after they had been found to be illegally poaching and smuggling sea cucumbers.

Sea cucumbers are a protected species of commercial significance to PNG.

Deputy Chief Migration Officer, Stanis Hulahau, said these foreign nationals thought they could get away with profiting from breaking PNG law.