Refugees in Indonesia

[3] Consequently, the Indonesian government does not perform any assessments of refugees' needs[3] nor do they have any rights to access employment, start a business, or any pathway to get permanent residency or citizenship.

[2] In late 2016, the President of Indonesia signed a petition called “The Presidential Regulation on the Handling of Refugees”, stating that needs and safety information should fall under government's responsibility in the future.

[2] Living conditions provided by the IOM were described by the Refugee Council of Australia as inhumane, noting "solitary confinement, lack of basic essentials and medical care, physical and sexual abuse, and severe overcrowding".

[3] 2022 reporting in The Globe and Mail included the story of a Karim Ullah, a Rohingya refugee who has lived in Pekanbaru for eleven years.

[2] The combination of poverty, lack of government protection makes refugees in Indonesia easy targets for theft from authorities and people smugglers.