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Spying row affects Indonesia`s handling of boat people to Australia

Indonesia has been acting as "the fortress" for shielding Australia from thousands of boat people seeking to reach its ...

Indonesia deports 24 Chinese citizens

The Indonesian authorities in Medan, North Sumatra, deported 24 Chinese citizens on Friday for violating their stay ...

Indonesian police detain drivers of cars carrying illegal immigrants

Sukabumi police have detained six drivers of buses carrying 95 illegal immigrants from Middle East seeking to cross to ...

Police detain 20 asylum seekers from Afghanistan

Siak police in Riau, have detained 20 asylum seekers or illegal immigrants from Afghanistan. They were in a bus ...

21 illegal immigrants from Afghanistan caught in Jambi

Twenty one illegal immigrants from Afghanistan caught by police in Jambi, Sumatra, on Friday are being accommodated at ...

Myanmar Embassy still silent on eight corpses in Medan

North Sumatra immigration office has asked for an attention from Myanmar Embassy in Jakarta over eight Myanmarese ...

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 ...

Eight Myanmarese detainees killed in clash in detention center

Eight Myanmarese immigration detainees had been killed during a clash at an Indonesian immigration detention center in ...

Indonesia to prevent Rohingya conflict to spread

Indonesia will take necessary measures to prevent the horizontal conflict in Myanmar from spreading to other ASEAN ...

Tens of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar stage protest

Tens of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar staged a protest here on Thursday demanding the United Nation Higher ...

Asylum seekers make indonesia transit point

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

Immigration officers in Kupang have arrested 900 illegal immigrants this year

Immigration officers in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, have arrested some 900 illegal immigrants from Middle Eastern ...

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 ...

60 illegal immigrants from Middle East held in Madiun

The immigration office of Madiun, East Java, held 60 illegal immigrants from Middle East arrested by police at the ...

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 ...