Refugees Demand Immediate Resettlement by UNHCR

... , demanding resettlement and their refugee status determination (RSD). They ... gathered at a refugee camp occupying a former ... in Indonesia to seek refugee status from UNHCR, hoping ... a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention, meaning that those asylum ...

Self-Empowerment Crucial for Refugees in Indonesia: UNHCR

... their plight, the United Nations Refugee Agency said. UNHCR Indonesia ... countries that have signed the 1951 UN Refugee Convention – usually developed countries like ... Indonesia has not signed the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, a 2016 presidential decree ...

Indonesia Set to Start Repatriation of Iranian Migrants

... not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention. Iranian Ambassador Aliasghar Mohammadi expressed ...

Who Is to Blame for Indonesia's Refugee Crisis?

... countries party to the 1951 Refugee Convention and private companies. The ... has not ratified the Refugee Convention, contributes $60,000 to ... been party to the 1951 Refugee Convention are now starting to ... has not ratified the Convention, it is currently home ...

Underage Asylum Seekers Arrested in Jakarta Prostitution Sting

... while waiting for the UN Refugee Agency, the UNHCR, to resettle ... is not party to the 1951 Refugee Convention but has been willingly taking ... grounds. Countries party to the convention, such as Australia and the ...

Migrants Launch Fresh Protest Outside UN Refugee Agency Offices

... offices of the United Nations Refugee Agency in Central Jakarta on ... continue protesting until the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) caves in to ... countries that have ratified the 1951 Refugee Convention started restricting immigration, causing the ...

Refugees in Jakarta Get Free Education, Health Service, but Uncertainty Remains

... United Nations High Commission for Refugee Affairs (UNHCR), the ... said. Hasan, the Somalian refugee, said he regretted the rule ... best to solve the refugee issue. The Foreign Affairs ... urge countries party to the 1951 Refugee Convention, such as Australia, to ...

House Speaker Tells Australia to Stop Avoiding Responsibility for Refugees Stranded in Indonesia

... its commitment to the 1951 Geneva Convention on the Status of ... Indonesia did not ratify the convention, but the country has ... United Nations High Commission for Refugee Affairs (UNHCR) has ... that have ratified the Refugee Convention must not misuse Indonesia' ...

Indonesia Must Revisit Its Handling of Refugees

... the government adopted its first refugee-specific authoritative instrument, Directive F ... not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention, and thus lacks a legal ... unintended consequences. The enactment of refugee-specific legislation can improve Indonesia ...

James Riady Visits Refugees in Kalideres Temporary Shelter

... several countries that signed the convention and accept refugees; that ... said, referring to the 1951 Refugee Convention, a United Nations multilateral treaty ... that defines who a refugee is, and sets out ... the offices of the UN Refugee Agency, or UNHCR, in ...