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US ready to assist Indonesia in Southeast Asian refugee crisis

The United States expressed readiness to assist Indonesia through the United Nations (UN) to handle the Southeast ...

Government to send Rohingya child refugees to Islamic boarding schools

The Indonesian Social Service Ministry is planning to send hundreds of unaccompanied Rohingya child and youth refugees ...

Indonesia must be firm with Myanmar over Rohingya crisis: Nahdlatul Ulama

Chairman of the Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Slamet Effendy Yusuf stated that the Indonesian government must be firm ...

Australia PM rules out resettling Asian boat migrants

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott Thursday ruled out helping resettle the wave of migrants fleeing to Southeast ...

Indonesia Provides Temporary Shelters To Rohingya Refugees, Invites Int'l Cooperation

More than 1.5 thousand asylum seekers, mostly Rohingyas from Myanmar and some Bangladeshis, were stranded in ...

Indonesia considers measures to overcome Rohingya migration issue

Indonesia has taken appropriate steps into consideration to resolve the issue of Rohingya and Bangladeshi refugees ...

Arrival of refugees a test for ASEAN: SBY

The wave of Rohingya and Bangladeshi refugees arriving here is a test for ASEAN to deal with these humanitarian ...

Australia sends back illegal immigrants to Indonesian territory

Australia has sent back 15 illegal immigrants from Nepal, Iran and Bangladesh to Indonesian territory in the sea off ...

85 Sri Lankan Immigrants Detained in Medan

As many as 85 Sri Lankan nationals are being detained in an Immigrant Detention House of Medan, Belawan, North ...

Medan`s immigration detains 170 Somalians

The Immigration Office of Medan, North Sumatra, is detaining 170 Somalians for entering Indonesia without proper ...

Indonesia`s immigration detention centers house 950 minors: UNHCR

Currently, 950 children are housed in immigration detention centers across Indonesia, including more than 440 ...

Australia tightens asylum seekers access, leaves refugees in Indonesia

Australias conservative government on Wednesday defended its decision to stop asylum seekers passing through ...

11 Rohingyas held in Medan immigration detention center

Eleven Rohingyas from Myanmar are being held at the Medan Immigration Detention Center in Belawan, North Sumatra, for ...

From Southeast Asia to the World

Following on the co-production memorandum signed between distribution specialist Hub Media Group and media financing ...

Australia rejects UN criticism of "human rights violations"

Australia Tuesday rejected United Nations criticism that its treatment of asylum-seekers was "leading to a chain of ...