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National scene: US ready to help RI in migrant crisis

The US is ready to assist Indonesia, through the UN, to handle the Southeast Asian refugee crisis, US Ambassador to Indonesia Robert O

The Jakarta Post
Jakarta
Wed, May 27, 2015

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National scene: US ready to help RI in migrant crisis

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he US is ready to assist Indonesia, through the UN, to handle the Southeast Asian refugee crisis, US Ambassador to Indonesia Robert O. Blake, Jr. has stated.

'€œIf the UN agency in charge of refugee crises requests assistance from us, then the United States will assist the agency happily,'€ Blake said on Tuesday.

He lauded Indonesia'€™s efforts in dealing with Rohingya asylum seekers currently stranded in Indonesia.

'€œI welcome the initiative to independently search and rescue Rohingya asylum seekers adrift at sea,'€ he said.

Earlier, a member of the Presidential Advisory Board (Wantimpres) Hasyim Muzadi urged the government to coordinate with all parties to provide shelter for Rohingya migrants.

'€œThe most important step is to help [the migrants] first, for the sake of humanity [...] then [Indonesia should] conduct diplomacy with Myanmar [to help solve the root of the crisis],'€ he said.

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