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BRI assists people fleeing home following Papua's violent rallies

State-owned lender Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) has extended assistance to residents fleeing their homes after a violent ...

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Refugees stare at bleak future after Kalideres Camp closure

An Afghan family-of-six sat on a red-and-blue plastic mat near their tent outdoors at Kalideres refugee camp, West ...

Indonesia, Iran discuss refugee repatriation process

The governments of Indonesia and Iran deliberated on endeavors to repatriate Iranian refugees and asylum seekers in ...

UNHCR affirms resettlement never been an all-encompassing solution

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) spokesperson reiterated, Monday, that resettlement is not a ...

Cannot have more refugee camps like Kalideres: UNHCR

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is unwilling to see more shelters like the one in Kalideres, ...

Kalideres refugees may be 'homeless' after Aug 31

Thousands of refugees sheltered at a temporary camp in Kalideres, West Jakarta, might have no place to go when the ...

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Refugees stranded for years in Indonesia, feel neglected

Haydee Alnoori, 40, his wife, and five children, one Jakarta-born, demonstrated with Iraqi refugees, brandishing ...

Baswedan puts refugee care onus back on UNHCR, central government

Governor of Jakarta Anies Baswedan has put the onus of refugee care back on the United Nations High Commissioner for ...

Refugees again rally in Medan asserting neglect by UNHCR

Refugees from different nations again demonstrated in front of the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) ...

Jakarta to cease humanitarian assistance for refugees by August-end

Speaker of the Jakarta provincial parliament Prasetio Edi Marsudi confirmed that the Jakarta administration will put a ...

Iraqi refugees resume protest in front of UNHCR Jakarta Office

Dozens of Iraqi refugees again rallied for justice in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ...

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On Independence Day of Indonesia, fun games everywhere!

A young girl led a team of five children on the traditional tug of war rope game. “Come on, pull harder!” ...

Free passports on Independence Day in Bogor

The Bogor Immigration Office exempted two citizens whose birthdays fell on August 17, Indonesia’s 74th ...

Refugees participate in games to mark Independence Day

Refugees temporarily accommodated at a former building of the West Jakarta military command (Kodim) in Kalideres took ...

Foreign refugees miss celebrating Eid Al-Adha at homes

Several Muslim refugees from Afghanistan and Sudan expressed their yearnings of celebrating Eid Al-Adha (the Islamic ...