#migrants

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Social Affairs Ministry repatriated 4,539 migrant workers till mid-Aug

The Social Affairs Ministry conducted the repatriation of 4,539 Indonesian migrant workers to their hometowns across ...

Situation under COVID-19 pandemic, Spanish flu similar: historian

Conditions under the COVID-19 pandemic that is plaguing countries around the globe, including Indonesia, bear ...

UNHCR grants refugee status to 99 Rohingya migrants in Aceh

Indonesia Office officially granted refugee status to 99 Rohingya migrants that three Acehnese fishermen had rescued on ...

25 Rohingya children arrived in Aceh without parents: Retno Marsudi

Twenty-five Rohingya children, aged between 5 and 17 years, who are currently being sheltered in Aceh arrived without ...

News Feature

A deep sense of humanity for Rohingya prevails in Aceh

The smiles are again back on the faces of Rohingya children after being rescued from a sinking boat and currently being ...

Weekend Stories

A closer look at workers' mental health amid COVID-19

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which broke out late December last year in China’s Wuhan, has spread to ...

News Focus

All states should help rescue Rohingya refugees amid COVID-19 crisis

Almost all nations are currently reeling from the impact of COVID-19, the disease caused by a newly discovered ...

COVID-19 disrupts Baliem Valley tradition to welcome Ramadhan

Muslims in Walesi and Tulima villages, Walesi Sub-District, Jayawijaya, Papua, did not hold the joint stone-burning ...

Opinion

Stranded far from home: the protection of Indonesian migrant workers

*Hana Naufanita is a research intern at the Jakarta-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies ...

Government bars foreign nationals from visiting, transiting Indonesia

The government has placed a ban that suspends the entry and transit of foreign nationals to Indonesia to handle the ...

News Focus

Indonesian Government insists lockdown not an option yet

The question of imposing a nationwide lockdown in Indonesia is continuing to spark debate even as the authorities are ...

Jokowi urges regional heads to tighten entry of Jabodetabek travelers

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has brought to the urgent attention of regional heads to further tighten the entry of ...

BP2MI thwarts move to dispatch illegal workers to Malaysia

The Agency for the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BP2MI) has foiled an attempt to dispatch illegal workers ...

Indonesia, Romania hold discussions on cooperation in worker placement

Indonesia and Romania further discussed opportunities for cooperation in the placement of workers with specific skills, ...

Wamena riot victims ready to hold dialog with President: Police

Chief of Papua Police Inspector General Paulus Waterpauw spoke of the Wamena riot victims' readiness to meet and ...