Abstract

The plight of refugees and asylum seekers has been a trending issue of critical importance for social workers in Indonesia. At the end of February 2018, the public was overwhelmed by mass media coverage of the large number of refugees living on the streets in front of the Immigration Office in Jakarta. Their existence needs to be noticed by the government in particular and all parties in general. In fact, many of the difficulties experienced by refugees and asylum seekers in Indonesia, but the most felt is due to the issue of legal status and limitations in the language of communication, they can not access public services such as health care, education, work, and others. The plight of them must necessarily be a very important concern for social workers in Indonesia, as it may create new social problem. Social workers work to uphold the dignity of all those refugees and asylum seekers including unaccompanied minors (UAM) and to work with them for successful social functioning. This paper explores available integrative literature, quantitative document analysis, and presents mixed methodology through individual interviews and an exploratory study to analyze social workers’ role to respond the various issues faced by today’s refugees and asylum seekers rights as well as potential way for being supporting document as a policy framework for Indonesian government to ratify the 1951 Refugee Convention.

Highlights

  • The situation of refugees and asylum seekers recently has become a significant issue for Indonesia

  • We present a conceptual framework for supporting a document to be addressed by the Indonesian government to ratify the 1951 Refugee Convention

  • Humanitarian services within which there are social workers represent an important aspect of community development in this case the social functioning of refugees and asylum seekers through the advocacy roles of central government, local government and stakeholders

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Summary

Introduction

The situation of refugees and asylum seekers recently has become a significant issue for Indonesia. Based on UNHCR Global Trends (2016), as many as 22.5 million refugees and asylum seekers migrate to various countries including Indonesia. Factors that have contributed to global migration include many things The reasons why they want to resettle is because of fleeing persecution, conflict, war, or violence in home countries. Many refugees and asylum seekers tend to live with limited privileges, rights, and freedoms until they get legal status from the host country (George, 2012). This paper will seek to explore available integrative literature, quantitative document analysis, and provide combined methodology through semi-structured interviews and an exploratory study of the role of social workers in responding to the issues of refugees and asylum seekers rights in Indonesia. We present a conceptual framework for supporting a document to be addressed by the Indonesian government to ratify the 1951 Refugee Convention

Problems of Refugees and Asylum Seeker in Indonesia
Detention Condition
The Role of Social Workers in Concern for Successful Social Functioning
Policy and Program for Refugees and Asylum Seeker in Indonesia
Findings
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