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World pays tribute as "improving" Mandela turns 95

South Africa and the world showered tributes on Nelson Mandela on Thursday as the anti-apartheid leader turned 95 in ...

Bali police arrest 80 illegal immigrants

The Bali police have arrested 80 illegal immigrants from Middle Eastern countries in Badung Strait about a mile from ...

Asylum seekers in Medan wish to be sent to Australia

Asylum seekers including the Rohingyas from Myanmar now being accommodated in Medan, North Sumatra, have asked for ...

Spill-over effects of Rohingya issue on Indonesia

As the tension has escalated in Myanmar due to sectarian conflicts between two different ethnic groups, more refugees ...

Indonesia Emphasizes "Prevention, Detection and Protection" To Tackle People Smuggling

Indonesia and Australia have agreed that people smuggling and trafficking in persons are complex and multidimensional ...

Boat carrying Sri Lankan immigrants stranded in Mukomuko

A boat with 120 Sri Lankan immigrants on board was stranded at sea around four kilometers off Air Rami Sub District, ...

20 Somali women conduct rally in front of UNHCR Jakarta

About 20 women and children asylum seekers from Somali conducted a rally in front of the UNHCR office in Jakarta here ...

President Yudhoyono meets Australian opposition leader

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received Australian opposition leader Anthony John Abbott here on Monday ...

Asylum seekers make indonesia transit point

In the past several years, Indonesia has become a transit point for illegal immigrants from various countries seeking ...

446 Indonesian boat crew still at Australian detention cells

A total of 446 Indonesian boat crew members are still held in Australian prisons until this month for smuggling asylum ...

Australia says refugee boat missing with 67 people on board

Great fears are held for 67 people, presumed to be asylum seekers, on board a boat that has been missing since it left ...

UNHCR: asylum seekers continue to increase in Indonesia

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said the number of political asylum seekers in Indonesia ...

UNHCR assures no Timor Leste refugee stranded in Indonesia

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has assured that there has been no Timor Leste refugee being ...

West Timor care supports Australia freeing children imprisonment

Chairman of the West Timor Care Foundation (YPTB) Ferdi Tanoni supports the plan mooted by the Australian Government ...

Yemen fm admits US drones used against Qaeda

Yemen has asked for US drones to be used "in some cases" to target Al-Qaeda leaders in the country, its foreign ...