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E. Nusa Tenggara transfers Afghan asylum seekers to Riau
Indonesia has been a place of transit for thousands of asylum seekers fleeing conflicts in their home countries and starting anew in Australia. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) recorded that currently there were at least 317 asylum seekers staying in East Nusa Tenggara, all of them staying in Ina Boi Hotel, Lavender Hotel and Kupang Homestay Inn.
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East Nusa Tenggara Governor Viktor B. Laiskodat (left) and Deputy Governor Josef Nae Soi after the ceremony at the Presidential Palace on Sept. 5. (Antara/Puspa Perwitasari)
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s many as 27 undocumented migrants from Afghanistan are being transferred from an immigration detention center in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), to Tanjung Pinang, Riau.
During a ceremony on Tuesday, NTT Deputy Governor Josef Nae Soi said the Law and Human Rights Ministry had provided a location to assist them.
“Every asylum seeker in Indonesia will be transferred there one at a time,” Josef said on Tuesday.
According to Josef, Indonesia always supported everyone who came to the country, as long as they could interact well with local residents.
“We hope that [the Afghan migrants] are able to be reunited with their family again,” Josef said, adding that he hoped the refugees would only bring good memories of NTT to Tanjung Pinang.
Indonesia has been a place of transit for thousands of asylum seekers fleeing conflicts in their home countries and starting anew in Australia.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) recorded that currently there were at least 317 asylum seekers staying in NTT, all of them staying in Ina Boi Hotel, Lavender Hotel and Kupang Homestay Inn.
The NTT administration also plans to make Ndana Island in Rote Ndao regency a shelter for asylum seekers. (dpk/wit)
