Their number is rather large, reaching 1,660 The majority of them have actually remained in Indonesia, particularly Makassar, for more than five years.
Makassar, S Sulawesi – A minimum of 1,660 foreign refugees are still residing in South Sulawesi capital Makassar under the supervision of the regional migration detention home.
” Their number is quite big, reaching 1,660 Most of them have actually been in Indonesia, particularly Makassar, for more than five years,” chief of the Makassar Migration Detention Center, Togol Situmorang, stated here on Tuesday.
Through the Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) facility, which permits foreign refugees to return to their native lands, their number will hopefully decrease, he added.
Some of the refugees have filed applications to return house after the security condition in their countries of origin became favorable, he stated.
They left their countries, such as Afghanistan and Somalia, due to lengthy disputes, he notified.
” Dispute, civil war, and the like have triggered people to seek asylum abroad. The security circumstance in their nations, which has actually increasingly ended up being conducive, has actually prompted them to file applications to return home,” he explained.
Foreign refugees in Indonesia are under the direct guidance of the International Company for Migration (IOM), while those in Makassar are under the monitoring of the IOM branch in the city, he said.
” The refugees are staying in 22 various refugee places or community homes expanded across Makassar city,” he added.
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