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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 ...

Indonesia encourages UNHCR to solve refugee issue

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

Fire in North Jakarta claims four lives

Four people lost their lives in a fire that engulfed two houses in North Jakarta on Sunday night. "The cause of ...

Students, alumni hand in glove in campus marijuana trading: police

The Jakarta Metropolitan Police has blown the lid off the racket of suppliers of marijuana to several universities in ...

Dismantling Jakarta's bamboo artwork was money squandered: lawmaker

Disassembling the bamboo artwork "Getah Getih" at Hotel Indonesia boulevard was money plundered, as ...

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Jokowi-Prabowo meeting is emblematic of Indonesian unity

A meeting between President-elect Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, held on July ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

W Jakarta provides medical check for pregnant refugees

The Kalideres public health center in West Jakarta has provided a free medical checkup for foreign refugees who ...

Social Affairs Ministry allocates Rp267 million for refugees

The Ministry of Social Affairs has allocated Rp267 million as assistance to refugees who occupy a former building of ...

West Jakarta accommodates 1,100 refugees

An official confirmed that some 1,100 foreign refugees were currently being accommodated in West Jakarta. "It ...

Kebon Sirih's several hundred asylum seekers need food assistance

Hundreds of asylum seekers, who had rallied and set up tents in front of the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner ...

Police vow to submit dossiers of suspects in Jakarta rioting case

Ma'ruf Amin pair. Nine people died in the rioting, the police reported. The demonstrators voiced their ...