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Refugees & Asylum Seekers

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July 10, 2019

Tempo - July 10, 2019

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – The government and the Jakarta capital administration plan to provide help to the asylum seekers currently dwelling in on the sidewalks of Kebon Sirih Road

July 9, 2019

Jakarta Globe - July 9, 2019

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The United Nations Refugee Agency, or the UNHCR, will work together with the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Justice and Human Rights Ministry to find a way out

Jakarta Globe - July 9, 2019

Yudha Baskoro, Jakarta – The narrow sidewalks of Jalan Kebon Sirih in Central Jakarta are now occupied by refugees and asylum seekers who were kicked out of their tents near the immigr

July 6, 2019

Jakarta Post - July 6, 2019

Jakarta – Asylum seekers from several war-torn countries are camped out on the sidewalks of Jl.

July 3, 2019

Asia Pacific Report - July 3, 2019

Papua, Jubi – About 250 West Papuans have been served notices of eviction to leave their settlement in Port Moresby, reports The National.

July 1, 2019

Inside Indonesia - July 1, 2019

Hipolitus Yolisandry Ringgi Wangge – Just like any 12-year-old boy, Daniel appeared happy and carefree as he played soccer with his friends in the churchyard of Kingmi Weneroma.

June 20, 2019

Jakarta Globe - June 20, 2019

Yudha Baskoro – A tiny alley just around the corner from the United Nations' refugee agency, the UNHCR, on Jalan Kebon Sirih in Central Jakarta, has become a home in transit for a grou

Indonesia at Melbourne - June 20, 2019

There are an estimated 14,000 refugees and asylum seekers in Indonesia.

April 29, 2019

Radio New Zealand International - April 29, 2019

Volunteer education services continue for West Papuan children displaced by ongoing conflict in the Highlands.

April 3, 2019

Radio New Zealand International - April 3, 2019

A human rights group has reported that tens of thousands of people in Indonesia's Papua province have been displaced by conflict.

March 4, 2019

Al Jazeera - March 4, 2019

Ian Morse, Makassar, Indonesia – Earlier this month Sajad Jacob, an asylum seeker from Afghanistan who had been living in an Indonesian detention centre for nearly two decades, died in

February 16, 2019

The Guardian - February 16, 2019

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – "I don't think it will be like before," 21-year-old Hussain Badavi says, as he contemplates the idea of taking a boat to Australia – something the young Iranian re

January 6, 2019

Channel News Asia - January 6, 2019

Jack Board, Bireuen, Indonesia – For one of the world's most persecuted minorities, in the midst of their struggle, there was always one place they were welcomed.

August 2, 2018

The National - August 2, 2018

Junior Ukaha – West Papuan refugees seeking to live in Papua New Guinea have not come to look for land or home but were forced out of their country, according to John Lanta.

June 18, 2018

Jakarta Globe - June 18, 2018

Sheany, Jakarta – Unresolved conflicts result in increasing violence and persecution, which force millions of people to flee their homes in search for safety.

May 25, 2018

The Guardian - May 25, 2018

Krithika Varagur, Bireuen – The 79 Rohingya refugees who set off on a boat from Myanmar's Rakhine state last month were terrified when they were intercepted and redirected by Thailand's

April 15, 2018

The Guardian - April 15, 2018

Kate Lamb and Ben Doherty – It has been 58 days.

April 7, 2018

Agence France Presse - April 7, 2018

Banda Aceh – Five Rohingya stranded at sea for almost three weeks have been rescued by Indonesian fishermen but several others died during the harrowing ordeal, officials said Friday, w

April 5, 2018

Jakarta Post - April 5, 2018

Jakarta – The recent clash between Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel and a local armed group at the Sinai Opitawak Church in Tembagapura, Papua, has forced hundreds of villagers into

April 4, 2018

Associated Press - April 4, 2018

Niniek Karmini and Stephen Wright, Jakarta, Indonesia – A commander of rebels in Indonesia's easternmost Papua region said Tuesday that as many as 100 villagers have taken shelter with

February 6, 2018

UCA News - February 6, 2018

Siktus Harson, Kupang – For nearly two decades, life has never been a celebration for Maria Pereira.

October 31, 2017

Sydney Morning Herald - October 31, 2017

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Refugees in Indonesia are being told the devastating news that most will never be resettled in Australia or any other country.

September 6, 2017

Agence France Presse - September 6, 2017

Jakarta – Thousands of Muslims protested outside the Myanmar embassy in Central Jakarta on Wednesday demanding an end to violence against the country's Rohingya Muslim minority.

September 5, 2017

Sydney Morning Herald - September 5, 2017

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Islamic groups behind the mass anti-blasphemy protests that rocked Jakarta last year are planning a "solidarity action" near Borobudur – the world's large

August 11, 2017

Jakarta Post - August 11, 2017

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – Fifty asylum seekers, mostly from Afghanistan and Somalia, have been camping on the basketball court of the Jakarta Immigration Detention Center, Kalideres, West Jakarta, s

August 4, 2017

Asia Correspondent - August 4, 2017

Max Walden – Asylum Seekers and refugees residing in Indonesia have protested against the United Nations refugee body for lengthy processes and what some perceive as a discriminatory selection proc

July 20, 2017

Asia Pacific Report - July 20, 2017

Konradus Epa in Atambua, Indonesia – Rostiana Bareto experienced tough living conditions as a refugee when she and her family settled in Atambua, western Timor, on the border with Indonesia.

July 10, 2017

ABC Radio Australia - July 10, 2017

Samantha Hawley, Indonesia – Rabia Rezai thought it better she stay at home rather than be reunited with her husband in Australia.

March 17, 2017

Sydney Morning Herald - March 17, 2017

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa – Notorious people smuggler "Captain Bram", who organised the asylum seekers' boat at the centre of the notorious 'cash for boat-turn-back' scandal in 2015, has been

January 18, 2017

Jakarta Post - January 18, 2017

Tama Salim, Haeril Halim and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government has streamlined procedures for handling asylum seekers, clearing stumbling blocks that had earlier hindered them from enter

November 15, 2016

Jakarta Post - November 15, 2016

Tama Salim, Jakarta – The UN High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) has urged Indonesia to reconsider signing the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees as part of concerted efforts to res

November 14, 2016

Jakarta Post - November 14, 2016

Fadli, Batam – Dozens of people under the banner of the People's Information Center (Lira) gathered on Sunday at Aspirasi Park in Batam, where scores of refugees have been staying for months, and t

November 2, 2016

Jakarta Post - November 2, 2016

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – Thousands of families residing in Timor Leste before its independence have returned to Indonesia's West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) after passing citizen verification and validatio

October 23, 2016

Jakarta Post - October 23, 2016

Lita Aruperes, Manado, North Sulawesi – The North Sulawesi Police have uncovered an alleged charging of illegal fees in the disbursement of compensation funds to former residents of East Timor (now

October 16, 2016

Jakarta Post - October 16, 2016

Fadli, Batam – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says it will support whatever decision the Indonesian government takes concerning refugees and asylum seekers in Batam so lo

September 24, 2016

Antara News - September 24, 2016

Jakarta – The Indonesian Minister of Social Affairs Khofifah Indar Parawansa handed over the compensation amount to 24 families of former of East Timorese but currently residents of Kediri, East Ja

June 22, 2016

The Guardian (Australia) - June 22, 2016

Ben Doherty – Several of the Tamil asylum seekers stranded after arriving by boat on the Indonesian island of Aceh have been tortured in Sri Lanka and face certain persecution if they are returned,

June 21, 2016

Jakarta Globe - June 21, 2016

Jakarta – In the same fortnight a boat load of Sri Lankan refugees in Aceh makes global headlines, the 13,000 asylum seekers calling Indonesia home reflected on World Refugee Day on Monday (20/06).

June 20, 2016

Sydney Morning Herald - June 20, 2016

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Sri Lankans on board a boat marooned in Indonesia for more than a week insist they will continue their journey to Australia if their boat is escorted back

June 18, 2016

Sydney Morning Herald - June 18, 2016

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Police fired a warning shot into the air after a group of Sri Lankan women who have been stranded off the coast of Aceh since June 11 disembarked from the

June 16, 2016

Jakarta Post - June 16, 2016

Banda Aceh – The Indonesian government has said it will not take in 44 Sri Lankan refugees who have been stranded in Aceh waters for the last few days.

February 10, 2016

Jakarta Post - February 10, 2016

Aceh fishermen are nominated to receive the 2016 Nansen Refugee Award from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) for rescuing hundreds of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh in

January 18, 2016

The Australian - January 18, 2016

Deborah Cassrels – Under cover of darkness, 43 West Papuan asylum-seekers clambered aboard a dugout canoe at midnight.

January 17, 2016

Sydney Morning Herald - January 17, 2016

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Rote Island – The captain of an asylum seeker boat who said he was paid thousands of dollars by an Australian official to return to Indonesia has been sentenced to

December 2, 2015

Agence France Presse - December 2, 2015

The captain of an asylum-seeker boat allegedly intercepted by the Australian navy has told a court how he negotiated a hefty payment to take the migrants back to Indonesia to avoid goin

November 27, 2015

Sydney Morning Herald - November 27, 2015

Jewel Topsfield – Tensions have once again flared between Indonesia and Australia over asylum seeker policy after a boat that was pushed back from Christmas Island by the Royal Australi

November 20, 2015

Jakarta Post - November 20, 2015

Jakarta – A lawmaker has emphatically opposed an idea put forward by Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Panjaitan to provide an island to accommoda

July 29, 2015

Jakarta Post - July 29, 2015

Dylan Amirio, National – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) that wil

June 25, 2015

The Guardian (Australia) - June 25, 2015

Beh Lih Yi in Pelabuhan Ratu, Indonesia – Business has been bad for Gandi, a fisherman who rides the waves off Indonesia's rugged southern Java coast.

June 17, 2015

Sydney Morning Herald - June 17, 2015

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa – The asylum seeker boat captain has spoken publicly for the first time, confirming he received a cash payment from an Australian official on the condition he never