7th May 2021. Nearly 300 Rohingya refugees have landed in Indonesia, telling authorities they had been at sea for about six months. Indonesia is a snapshot of what the world’s 26 million registered refugees are facing. Help us deliver informative, accessible, independent journalism that you can trust and provides accountability to the millions of people affected by crises worldwide. This assistance includes healthcare support and cash assistance for food. There are currently 14 thousands refugees and asylum seekers in Indonesia. The Government will spend $38.1 million in 2021-22 to continue the Regional Cooperation Arrangement in Indonesia as part of Operation Sovereign Borders. .report-content--body h2 { Officials says the country will move 2,000 to 3,000 more refugees to Bhasan Char despite international criticism. clear: none; Ramazan’s home in Kalideres, West Jakarta, is an abandoned military post housing more than 230 people in cramped tents. Indonesia refugee statistics for 2019 was 10,287.00, a 4.63% decline from 2018. Indonesia hosts around 14,000 refugees, most of whom are Hazara from Afghanistan who have been subjected to persecution, discrimination and genocide, with targeted and mass killings continuing to this day. We’re on the ground, reporting from the front lines, to bring you the inside story. Indonesia is not a signatory of the 1951 United Nations Refugee Convention or its 1967 Protocol, and therefore does not have a resettlement system in the country. In 2021, UNHCR will focus on: Registering people of concern. Help make quality journalism about crises possible. Hassan Ramazan, an Afghan who lives in a makeshift shelter in West Jakarta, says he has witnessed fellow asylum seekers' mental health deteriorate after spending long periods in Indonesia with little chance of residency or resettlement. Facsimile: 62 21 2964 3601. In this Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, file photo, a Rohingya boy holds his sibling as they sit on the side of a dirt road in the Balukhali refugee camp … Nobody checked on us.”. The following data is based on the UNHCR Indonesia Monthly Statistical Report (March 2021). Bahasa; News Focus Refugees stranded for years in Indonesia, feel neglected. “There are certain things that only a government can do,” Maymann said. Iranian Mozhgan Moarefizadeh and Abdullah Sarwari from Afghanistan are both refugees living in Indonesia with an uncertain future. Others left countries like Somalia, Myanmar, Iraq, and Sudan. Read more. The New Humanitarian is an independent, non-profit newsroom founded in 1995. “My daughter used to ask her mother, ‘When will father come?’ and her mother would reply, ‘Soon’,” Ramazan said. Trapped in limbo for years, refugees and asylum seekers in Indonesia say they’re seeing a rash of suicides in immigration detention centres and donor-funded shelters amid warnings of a growing mental health crisis. As Indonesia is not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention, refugees in Indonesia are waiting indefinitely for resettlement to a third country such as Australia, Canada, or the United States. In 2017 the … “Why is a healthy person, three or four years ago, now losing his [mind]? In December 2016, Jakarta’s governor signed a … He said two people in the last year have committed suicide at IOM facilites in Makassar, including an Afghan friend who killed himself last July. It makes them say, ‘Nothing remains for us’.”. She said it highlights the need to boost mental health programmes like counselling – and for longer-term solutions including local integration, and more rights to education, training, or income so that refugees can “live a meaningful life”. Australia had a good reputation of treating refugees … Ramazan fled his native Afghanistan in the 1990s, living in Pakistan for two decades before coming to Indonesia in 2016. The country has periodically pressured Afghan refugees to return home. The UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR, says some 1.44 million refugees are in urgent need of resettlement to so-called “third countries”. It has also sent thousands to now-closed offshore detention centres in Nauru and Papua New Guinea to have their refugee claims processed. We are refugees recognized by UNHCR in Indonesia. Today, refugees and asylum seekers live in urban areas across Indonesia: Some are held in immigration detention centres; others are in IOM-funded community housing; others are essentially homeless, living on the street or in makeshift shelters. Nearly 8,000 Afghan refugees and asylum seekers were registered with the UNHCR in Indonesia as of December 2020 (about half of the overall total), but the country hasn’t signed the United Nations Refugee Convention and bars their permanent settlement. How can you explain this?”. We keep our journalism free – no paywalls – thanks to the support of donors and readers like you who believe we need more independent journalism in the world. Beyond suicides, refugees and asylum seekers also say they’ve witnessed immigration officials beating or mistreating people in detention centres or in the IOM facilities. Our Aim To Update And Inform News About Hazara Refugees Who Stay In Indonesia From Pakistan And Afghanistan .incase-you { . Indonesia is not a signatory to the UN convention of refugees so by international law is not obliged to look after refugees. “How can't we think about it?”. ‘This is a generational loss for the communities.’. Since 2013, more than 17,000 asylum seekers and migrants are known to have disappeared or died. I cannot go back.”,