The Role of Local Government and Illegal Foreign Refugees

DOI

10.2991/icodag-17.2017.71How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Local Government, Illegal foreign refugees, Constitution of Immigrant, UNHCR

Abstract

Indonesia is one of the destination countries for illegal foreign refugees every year, in the history of a small proportion of Indonesia's population has joined the illegal foreign refugees from various countries so that they get the recognition of citizens. Indonesia is located in a strategic position because it is on trade and cruise lines international. Indonesia became the place a stopover for traders, exporters, importers, and intermediaries the trade from abroad will conducting economic activities on the Continent Asia to the Australian Continent or otherwise. UNHCR stands under the auspices of the United Nations (UN) formed by the UN general assembly in 1950 and has responsibility for provide international protection for refugees and find solutions settlement of refugee problems (UNHCR, 2007). Job and function The UNHCR in Indonesia is providing refugee and seeker status asylum for immigrants who do not yet have status, organize and assist the process the placement of immigrants to the destination country if the immigrant has a status as a refugee, the latter is helping to process voluntary repatriation immigrants who can't get refugee status. Local government policy has been indirectly involved in dealing with the issue of illegal foreign refugees, among the unpreparedness of facilitating housing and other accommodation. So there are some illegal foreign refugees living in immigration offices for a long time and in less desirable places. This issue becomes a psychological and social burden on the environment of the communities in which they live

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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