November 2022, Disembarkation of 2 Boats with Rohingya Refugees in North Aceh
JAKARTA, December 7, 2022 – On November 15 and 16, 2022, two boats carrying 110 and 119 Rohingya refugees disembarked in North Aceh, Indonesia. The first boat disembarked at Meunasah Lhok, Muara Batu sub-district on November 15 2022 at 03.25 WIB carrying 65...
World Refugee Day commemorated – New global displacement record reported in UNHCR’s 2021 Global Trends
Jakarta, 20 June 2022 – This year, the World Refugee Day is marked with a new record of global displacement number in history. The UN Refugee Agency’s (UNHCR) 2021 Global Trends – released on 17 June – reported that by end of 2021, those displaced by war,...
UNHCR applauds Indonesia for allowing safe disembarkation of boat with Rohingya refugees in Aceh
JAKARTA, 31 December 2021 – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, applauds the Indonesian Government for allowing the disembarkation yesterday evening, of 105 (8 men, 50 women, 47 children) Rohingya refugees who had for days been stranded on a boat in the open seas near...
UNHCR calls for emergency landing for Rohingya refugees in the waters of Bireuen, Aceh
JAKARTA, 28 December 2021 – UNHCR, the UN Agency for Refugees, is calling for an immediate life-saving landing of the ship carrying a group of Rohingya refugees who are in difficulty in the waters of Bireuen, Aceh, Indonesia. The ship was first seen in Bireuen...
UNHCR welcomes the safe disembarkation of Rohingya refugees in east Aceh, Indonesia
This news comment is attributable Indrika Ratwatte, Director of the UNHCR Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific. BANGKOK, Thailand – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomed yesterday’s disembarkation of 81 Rohingya refugees in east Aceh, Indonesia. After several...
UNHCR and UNICEF Sign Blueprint for Joint Action for Refugee Children in Indonesia
Jakarta, 15 April 2021 – The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced today the signing of the Blueprint for Joint Action by the two agencies to safeguard the rights and wellbeing of refugee and IDP (internally displaced) children in...
UNHCR: Refugees in Indonesia need greater support and solutions
Jakarta, 29 January 2021 – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today expressed its growing concern for refugees in Indonesia, following a year in which the challenges facing refugees were compounded by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout 2020, UNHCR staff...
Hundreds Of Rohingya Refugees Need Urgent Help
Emergency response for more than 300 refugees in Aceh
UNHCR praises Indonesia for emergency landing of boat carrying Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children
JAKARTA, 26 June 2020 – UNHCR, the UN agency for refugees, praised the Indonesian Government for the emergency landing permits granted to nearly 100 people who had been adrift in Indonesian waters for several days. Of the 99 people rescued on the mainland of...
1 percent of humanity on the run: UNHCR Global Trends Report
UNHCR, the UN agency for refugees, today called on countries to take greater steps to provide homes for millions of refugees and other people who have fled due to conflict, persecution or incidents that seriously disrupt public order. This is based on a report...
UNHCR holds panel discussion on “The right to a nationality and ending statelessness in ASEAN”
On 14 November 2016, UNHCR’s Regional Office for Southeast Asia organized a panel discussion in Jakarta on “The Right to a Nationality and Ending Statelessness in ASEAN.”
With 1 in 113 people affected, forced displacement reached a record high
Conflict and persecution have caused forced displacement on a global scale to increase sharply in 2015, reaching the highest level ever. This surge in numbers also represents a picture of enormous human suffering, as reported today by UNHCR, the UN agency for...