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Indonesia encourages UNHCR to solve refugee issue

Indonesia is encouraging the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and countries ratifying the 1951 ...

Some 400 foreign refugees hold rally in Tanjungpinang

Some 400 foreign refugees rallied in front of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Office in ...

Indonesia, UN envoy discuss safe Rohinga repatriation

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi held a telephonic discussion on the safe repatriation of Rohingya refugees ...

Ministry channels Rp3.7 billion for Nduga conflict victims

The Ministry of Social Affairs has dispatched aid worth Rp3.7 billion for victims of the Nduga conflict in Papua in the ...

Foreign refugees again demonstrate in front of UNHCR Jakarta Office

Some 100 foreign refugees again rallied for their basic human rights in front of the United Nations High Commissioner ...

Social Ministry welcomes Singaporean delegates

The Indonesian Ministry of Social Affairs welcomed a delegation from Singapore's Ministry of Social and Family ...

South Halmahera's emergency response period extended: govt

The South Halmahera District Government has extended the emergency response period until July 28 because many ...

Refugees of South Halmahera earthquake face shortage of tents

Refugees of the earthquake that hit Gane Luar Village, South Halmahera District, North Maluku, on Sunday, are in dire ...

Social minister and head of BNPB visit South Halmahera

Social Affairs Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita along with Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency ...

54,789 earthquake victims lives in 15 shelters

More than 54,789 victims in South Halmahera District, North Maluku, are still living in 15 shelters following a ...

Observer suggests placing refugees on empty reclamation islands

Dinna Wisnu, a teacher and observer of international relations from Bina Nusantara University, opined that refugees can ...

BPBD confirms 971 houses damaged in Halmahera 7.2-magnitude earthquake

North Maluku Province's Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) reported here on Wednesday that the recent strong ...

Government urged to find uninhabited island for UNHCR office

The Indonesian government could find an uninhabited island for a new office of the United Nations High Commissioner for ...

Rapid Reaction Team deployed in South Halmahera

A Rapid Reaction Team of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has been deployed in the earthquake-affected ...

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Indonesia provides safe haven for refugees

Dozens of refugees from Afghanistan and other countries thronged a street in front of Ravindo Building at Jalan Kebon ...