Edition 124: Apr-Jun 2016 - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

Asylum in Indonesia: Can temporary refuge become permanent protection?

Refugee children play soccer on an outdoor pitch in West Java - Credit: Thomas Brown.

The international refugee system is in disarray. As Europe struggles to craft a response to an unprecedented influx of migrants and asylum seekers, the United Nations refugee agency reports that displacement is at a record high of 60 million people. While most of the world’s displaced remain inside their own countries, almost 20 million people are refugees seeking protection in other states. Indonesia and the region are not immune from these global challenges.

Rohingya man in a camp in Bayeun, Aceh - Credit: Henri Ismail

Unaccompanied minors face precarious conditions in Indonesia

Children at play at the Cisarua Refugee Learning Centre - Credit: CRLC

Self-organisation amongst refugees in Indonesia

A Cambodian refugee with his daughter and Indonesian wife - Credit: Antje Missbach

Refugees, asylum seekers and stateless migrants face significant barriers to marrying their Indonesian partners

Dilapidated buildings at the former refugee centre on Galang Island - Credit: Antje Missbach

The Galang Island refugee camp has a chequered history

The group of eighteen with their interpreters at the Curtin Detention Centre, 1995 - Credit: Odete Pinto

Jose da Costa and 17 others fled Indonesia-occupied East Timor on a small fishing boat and sought asylum in Australia

A sign reading ‘West Aceh Community support for Muslim Rohingya’ - Credit: Antje Missbach

The Rohingya case reveals the difficulty of combatting transnational crime associated with forced migration

Kasus Rohingya mengungkap bagaimana sulitnya melawan kejahatan transnasional dalam migrasi paksa

Asylum seekers queue at UNHCR’s office in Jakarta - Credit: Antje Missbach

Improving prospects for asylum seekers and refugees in Indonesia is a matter of political will

Rafendi Djamin (former Indonesian representative AICHR), Tri Nuke Pudjiastuti (LIPI), and Alice Nah (University of York) at the track two dialogue - Credit: Centre for Policy Development

Opening new prospects for asylum seekers and refugees in Indonesia and Southeast Asia

Asylum in Indonesia: Can temporary refuge become permanent protection?

All alone

Resisting limbo

Marriage denied

Ugly sanctuary

Rocking the boat

Shelter versus shielded borders

Bagaimana Indonesia menangani migrasi paksa

Filling the legal vacuum

What the future might hold

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