IPAC Briefing: Rohingya Refugees in Aceh: An Update
Indonesia needs to upgrade a regulation that leaves refugee management in the hands of under-resourced local governments and enact a law that will guarantee the rights of refugees such as the nearly 300 Rohingya who landed in Lhokseumawe, Aceh on 7 September 2020.
“Rohingya Refugees in Aceh: An Update,” the latest report from the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC), examines the chronology of Rohingya refugees’ arrival in Aceh and various issues of refugee management, including attempted escapes, financial scams, and tensions between unpaid government-affiliated volunteers and salaried humanitarian workers.
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