SUAKA, kelompok masyarakat sipil yang bekerja pada isu perlindungan pencari suaka dan pengungsi, menyayangkan pernyataan Menteri Hukum dan HAM Yasonna Laoly terkait permintaannya kepada Australia untuk membangun rumah detensi lebih banyak lagi dalam rangka penanganan pengungsi. Pernyataan Menteri Yasonna terkait hal ini kami dapatkan salah satunya dari berita yang diterbitkan oleh The Jakarta Post yang […]
(Selasa, 21/6) Di Hari Pengungsi Se-Dunia atau World Refugee Day 2016, problematika pengungsi belum kunjung selesai, jumlah pengungsi dan pencari suaka di dunia tiap tahun semakin meningkat. Kepala Perwakilan UNHCR Indonesia, Thomas Vargas menyatakan bahwa sekurang-kurangnya terdapat 3.8 juta pengungsi di dalam wilayah Asia Pasifik. Sedangkan, menurut data UNHCR Indonesia, jumlah pencari suaka dan pengungsi di Indonesia sebanyak […]
Unduh rilis pers SUAKA, klik di sini. Jakarta, Indonesia –Sebuah kapal yang mengangkut empat puluh empat penumpang terapung-apung di perairan Lhoknga, Aceh Besar. Perahu ini bernomor registrasi TN-1-FV-00455.09, yang menurut BBC India, mengisyaratkan bahwa kapal ini berasal dari daerah Tamil Nadu, India. Kapal ini merupakan kapal yang mengangkut pengungsi etnis Tamil asal Sri Lanka. Sementara itu, […]
Celebrate World Refugee Day together with persons of concern in Jakarta and surrounding areas. #WithRefugee #DenganPengungsi SUAKA invites you to participate in World Refugee Day 2016 celebrations in Jakarta, Indonesia. World Refugee Day is held annually on 20th June. The theme of United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) for World Refugee Day 2016 is #WithRefugees. […]
Do you ever imagine, what would happen if you don’t have any legal identity?
Losing an ID card might be a
The limited capacity of UNHCR in Indonesia to deal with increasing numbers of asylum seekers and low resettlement places leads to significant waiting periods. The lack…
Under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, the definition could be simplified in a bullet point below;
The definition of refugee under the 1951 Convention is;
Asylum seekers and refugees transiting through or living temporarily in Indonesia come from all over the world. Continuing persecution and escalating violence in countries of origin, as well as a limited number of countries offering a durable solution, has seen a steady increase in the number of asylum seekers and refugees in Indonesia. In May 2015
Jakarta, 7/7/2015 –SUAKA, the Indonesia Civil Society Network for Refugee Rights Protection – has been nominated for the Namati Justice Prize 2015. The Namati Justice Prize is an international prize celebrating the impact, sustainability and innovation in legal empowerment being made by grassroots organizations around the world. Its focuses on organizations working quietly to make […]
Under the United Nations’ 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (Refugees Convention), a refugee is defined as: “A person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable […]