Inter-agency conferences organized to talk about foreign refugee handling

Apart from looking for resettlement for refugees, we likewise support personal sponsorship and scholarships for them, so that they can get a third nation

Makassar – The Indonesian Ministry of Law and Human being Rights as well as the Foreign Affairs Ministry held inter-agency coordination conferences to deliberate on the handling of foreign refugees or immigrant asylum seekers in Indonesia.

Director of Migration Tracking and Enforcement at the Ministry of Law and Person Rights, Pria Wibawa, mentioned here on Thursday that the Director General of Immigration had actually teamed up with the Foreign Affairs Ministry in pursuit of options referring to the positioning of refugees.

” Apart from looking for resettlement for refugees, we also support private sponsorship and scholarships for them, so that they can get a third country,” he affirmed.

Based on information from the Directorate General of Immigration, there are as many as 13,459 foreign refugees in Indonesia, of which 5,733 are independent refugees.

The refugees originate from some 45 different nations throughout the world, with 50 percent of them hailing from Afghanistan, followed by refugees from Somalia and Iraq.

Director of Person Rights and Humankind of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Achsanul Habib, stated that Indonesia was not a country that ratified the refugee convention, however it still accepted refugees.

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” We accept refugees on the basis of compliance with the Constitution based on the concept of promoting the right to life,” he verified.

Habib kept in mind that Indonesia had actually used a humanitarian approach and does not view refugees on the basis of their nationality or their reason for leaving their own nation. He stressed that Indonesia will categorically offer assistance to refugees.

This concept was also used when Indonesia saved Rohingya refugees that had actually gone into Aceh in2015 According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Indonesia is a reputable country.

” Our contribution to the UNHCR is really substantial. For this reason, they comprehend that Indonesia has not ratified the UN Refugee Convention. Without ratification, they acknowledge that Indonesia has actually contributed to the handling of refugees,” Habib verified.

” They said Indonesia has set a fine example, as in spite of not being a third-party nation, we still contribute, at least when there is problem, and we will assist them,” he emphasized.

Meanwhile, Head of the Sub-Directorate for Immigrants, Katarin Rambu Babang, concurrently a guest speaker at the coordination meeting, kept in mind that the task force for dealing with refugees in Makassar City ought to instantly adjust its composition to the Circular from the Minister of House Affairs.

Participants at the coordination conference consisted of agents from the Makassar Migration Detention Center, as the agency supervising refugees, and all stakeholders, beginning with the Deputy of South Sulawesi Regional Police, Immigration Department of the South Sulawesi Regional Office of the Law and Human Rights Ministry, Head of the South Sulawesi Provincial Social Service, Head of Health Service, National Search and Rescue Firm, Head of Civil Service Police Unit, Commander of Armed Force District 1508/ BS, and International Organization for Migration (IOM).



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