Journal of Indonesian Social Sciences and Humanities
Vol 8, No 2 (2018): Special Issue: "Democracy, Identity, and Religion in Contemporary Southeast Asia

Indonesia's Constitutional Immigration Policy: A Case of Rohingya Ethnic Group Refugees

Dian Wahyu Utami (Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI))
Rahmat Saleh (Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI))
Irin Oktafiani (Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI))



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Dec 2018

Abstract

In this increasingly dynamic world, international migration especially international refugee and asylum seeker has become a hot issue in many countries, including Indonesia. For example, a communal conflict between Rakhine and Rohingya ethnic groups in Myanmar in 2012 calls the attention of the international community, especially in Southeast Asia regions. The socio-political situation forced the ethnic minority Rohingya to leave Myanmar to move (migrate) or seek asylum to the neighbouring countries, such as Indonesia. In Indonesia, Rohingya refugees are mostly surviving in the boats "Manusia Perahu camp in Aceh since 2015. The influx of refugees such as Rohingya into Indonesia constitutes a new problem in constitutional and social terms. This paper aims to explain Indonesia's constitutional immigration policy and the public responses to asylum seekers taken from the case of Rohingya ethnic group in Indonesia. This study uses the literature review methods to explain the social problems and application of Indonesian regulations towards Rohingya refugees in the boats Manusia Perahu camp in Aceh. This study finds that a more explicit regulation is needed to regulate the entry of refugees, so that the locals will not be disturbed and still create security between countries.

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jissh

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Humanities Environmental Science Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Social Sciences

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Journal of Indonesian Social Science and Humanities (JISSH) is a peer-reviewed international journal in English organized by Deputy of Social Sciences and Humanities, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). It is published biannually and covers all aspects of Indonesia, regional and international ...