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Jakarta sees influx of newcomers after Idul Fitri holiday
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Motorists commute in a traffic jam in Bogor, West Java, on April 25, as people return to cities after celebrating Idul Fitri in their hometowns. (AFP/Aditya Aji)
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akarta is expected to see up to 40,000 newcomers flocking to the already densely populated city in search of a better life after the Idul Fitri holiday.
By Tuesday, less than two weeks following the Idul Fitri holiday, city officials had recorded more than 1,200 newcomers moving to Indonesia's capital.
"We expected the number of newcomers entering the capital city post-Idul Fitri to increase around 20-30 percent compared to last year, so between 36,000-40,000 people [throughout a month after Idul Fitri]," Jakarta Civil Registration Agency head Budi Awaluddin told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.
Last year, Jakarta welcomed some 27,000 newcomers after the Idul Fitri holiday.
"This influx happened because the national economic conditions are starting to improve as the COVID-19 pandemic is slowly turning into an endemic," Budi said.
This made people living outside the capital believe they would have a better chance of making a living in the capital than anywhere else.
But data from the Jakarta Civil Registration Agency revealed the number of newcomers migrating to the city has been rising each year, even during the pandemic.
