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UNHCR names Indonesian philanthropist as eminent advocate for refugees

The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has named Dato Sri Tahir, an Indonesian conglomerate and philanthropist, as ...

Social affairs minister oversees evacuees in Purworejo

Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa visited and reviewed the state of the evacuees in Purworejo District, ...

President orders relocation of Sinabung victims before 2015 end

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has instructed that efforts to relocate the victims of the Mount Sinabung volcanic ...

Western Union Mobilizes Customers, Employees, Agents, Business Associates and the Western Union Foundation to Respond to EU Refugee Crisis

- The Western Union Company and the Western Union Foundation today pledged a minimum of ...

Ministry allocates Rp15 billion for victims of Mt Sinabung eruption

The Social Affairs Ministry has allocated Rp15 billion to help those affected by the eruption of Mount Sinabung in ...

500 military personnel deployed to guard Mt. Sinabung danger zone

Some 500 military personnel have been deployed to prevent local villagers from entering a danger zone of erupting ...

Angelina Jolie visits camp for Syrian refugees in Turkey

Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie on Saturday (June 20) called for more international action to help refugees as ...

President Jokowi chairs meeting on Sinabung, Rohingya refugees

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) led a limited cabinet meeting to discuss ways to handle the refuges evacuated from ...

UNHCR urged to handle Rohingya refugees in Indonesia

The student wing of the Pancasila youth organization (SAPMA) urged the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ...

Japan seizes passport of journalist trying to visit Syria

Tokyo (ANTARA News - Japan has seized the passport of a journalist planning to travel to Syria following the brutal ...

Yogyakarta students develop easy-to-assemble temporary disaster shelter

Students of Yogyakartas Gadjah Mada University have created and developed an easy-to-assemble temporary shelter for ...

UN to help Lebanon cope with Syrian refugee crisis

The UN and the international community are focusing on projects that could help the Lebanese to cope with the current ...

flooding sends thousands of Ifndonesians back to refugee camps

New waves of flooding has forced thousands of Indonesians to leave homes to suffer in refugee camps again. The ...

RI hit by 203 disasters in January: BNPB

A total of 203 natural disasters hit Indonesia in January 2014, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency ...

Sinabung`s deadly clouds claim 15 lives in a single day

Over 30 thousand people across 34 villages have been displaced since last September 2013, as a result of the sporadic ...