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Opinion 6 years ago
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Becoming Indonesian: Ending the never-ending polemic
If we could settle the issue of who our fellow Indonesians are, racism and religion would no longer divide us during elections, discrimination would not be a threat anymore because we would use our citizenship as our common ground. Thus, the law about citizenship needs to be changed.
Opinion 7 years ago
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Unresolved distress of Indonesians in limbo
“This is my first-time setting foot in Indonesia,” claimed Sarah (not her real name) with a confused, anxious face. Sarah, an Indonesian national, was born in Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia, of Indonesian parents and had lived there all her life. However, in 2018, together with her two children, she was deported to Indonesia through Nunukan, North Kalimantan, to her “home” country, which did not recognize her as its citizen.
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