For Many Asylum-Seekers, Jakarta Is Just a Layover
Zaafar Khan from Myanmar displays his UNHCR-issued identity card at a police station in Banten. He was arrested along with a group of 12 asylum-seekers who were allegedly planning to sail to...
View ArticleEight Myanmar Nationals Killed After Riot Breaks Out in Medan Detention Center
Medan. A group of Myanmar Muslims beat eight Buddhists to death at an Indonesian detention center Friday after becoming enraged at news of deadly communal violence in their homeland, officials said....
View ArticleAceh Fishermen Rescue 76 Stranded Rohingya Asylum Seekers
Banda Aceh. Local fishermen rescued 76 Rohingya asylum seekers from a boat cast adrift off the coast of Aceh Besar after its passengers ran out of fuel and food, a government official said. The asylum...
View ArticleAustralia Extends Reach of Tough Refugee Policy
A group of around 80 alleged asylum seekers from the Middle East has refused to leave their boat that was intercepted by authorities off Bali on Sunday. (EPA Photo/Made Nagi) Sydney. Australia on...
View ArticleNo Evidence of Vessel Near Life-Jackets in Suspected Asylum-Seeker Accident
Sydney. Aerial surveillance of a remote Indian Ocean area near where 28 life jackets were found four days ago revealed no evidence of a ship wreck, an Australian government spokeswoman said on Tuesday....
View Article13 Dead, Dozens Missing as Boat Sinks Off Australia
Sydney. Thirteen people were confirmed dead and dozens missing after a suspected people-smuggling boat sank off Australia’s remote Christmas Island, authorities said Sunday. Home Affairs Minister Jason...
View ArticleAustralia Defends Decision to Leave Asylum Seeker Bodies in Ocean
In this handout photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) on July 4, 2012 and taken from an Indonesian Air Force aircraft shows a boat believed to be carrying up to...
View ArticleImmigration Office Denies Asylum-Seeker Torture Allegations
In this photograph taken on April 8, 2013, a young Myanmar Muslim Rohingya refugee looks on behind a wired fence at Indonesia’s Belawan immigration detention center in Medan. (AFP Photo/Romeo Gacad)...
View ArticleIndonesian Police Detain 56 Asylum Seekers Off Coast of Banten
A boat carrying 56 asylum seekers bound for Australia’s Christmas Island were detained by Maritime Police off the coast of Tangerang, Banten, on Wednesday, police said. Police arrested the boat’s...
View ArticleAustralia PM Says Opposition Risks Indonesia Ties
Iranian asylum seekers sit on a boat at Benoa port in Denpasar on Indonesia’s island of Bali on May 12, 2013. (AFP Photo/Sonny Tumbelaka) Sydney. Australia’s new prime minister Kevin Rudd said Friday...
View ArticleIndonesian Experts Back Rudd’s Caveat on Asylum-Seeker Problem
A group of around 80 alleged asylum seekers from the Middle East has refused to leave their boat that was intercepted by authorities off Bali on Sunday. (EPA Photo/Made Nagi) Indonesian observers have...
View ArticleConfronting Refugee Abuse in Indonesia’s Detention Centers
“Both adults and children described guards kicking, punching and slapping them or other detainees” In February last year, guards at the Pontianak Immigration Detention Center in West Kalimantan beat...
View ArticleAsylum Boats On Australia, Indonesia Horizon
Asylum seekers wait in a police station in Surabaya , East Java province July 29, 2012. (Reuters Photo/Sigit Pamungkas) Sydney. Australia’s new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd heads to Indonesia this week...
View ArticleMyanmar Rohingya Face Limbo in Indonesia
A family of Rohingya asylum-seekers gather at the refugee housing complex in Medan, North Sumatra, on April 9, 2013. (AFP Photo/Romeo Gacad). Lhokseumawe, Aceh. A group of Rohingya asylum-seekers from...
View ArticleIndonesia, Rudd Back International Talks on Asylum Seekers
In this photograph taken on April 11, 2013, a Rohingya asylum-seeker from Myanmar looks thru a window of the immigration detention center in Lhokseumawe town of Aceh province. (AFP Photo/Romeo Gacad)...
View ArticleRudd Studying UN Criticism of Refugee Detention Policy
A family of Rohingya asylum-seekers gather at the refugee housing complex in Medan city of North Sumatra province on April 9, 2013. (AFP Photo/Romeo Gacad) Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Monday that...
View ArticleFour Dead as Refugee Boat Sinks Off Australia’s Christmas Island
Four asylum-seekers died after a people-smuggling ship carrying around 150 passengers capsized off Australia’s remote Christmas Island Tuesday, triggering a major rescue operation. The Australian...
View ArticleMyanmar’s Rohingya Exodus Creating Crisis Across Region
An ethnic Rohingya from Myanmar, who is living in Malaysia, looks on as he finishes his prayer at a mosque in Kuala Lumpur in this June 17, 2012 file photo. (Reuters Photo/Bazuki Muhammad). Muhammad...
View ArticleAustralia Says Asylum Boats ‘God-Awful’ Problem
Sydney. Asylum-seekers drowning on the treacherous boat journey to Australia presented a “god-awful” problem, Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare said Wednesday as another ship carrying scores of people...
View ArticlePeople-Smuggler Wanted by Australia Detained Again in Indonesia
In this photo taken on July 11, 2013, Afghanistan national Sayeed Abbas waits inside a detention room prior to his trial in Jakarta on July 11, 2013. (AFP Photo/Adek Berry) A people-smuggling “kingpin”...
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