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JAKARTA: Indonesia's President Joko Widodo said on Monday that the country is giving temporary accommodation to Rohingya refugees who have entered Indonesian territory, ANTARA news agency reported.
“We will temporarily accommodate them,“ Jokowi stated in response to a question regarding the problem of handling Rohingya refugees in Indonesia.
He noted that the government is discussing solutions to handle this refugee problem with relevant international organisations, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
The discussion includes social problems that arise in communities where the refugees stay, such as in Aceh, Riau, and Medan.
“We are still in talks with international organisations, UNHCR, and others because our local people refuse their presence,“ Jokowi remarked.
In its statement, the UNHCR stated that in 2022, some 3,705 Rohingya refugees had fled the country by sea. This figure was the highest recorded since 2015.
The Indonesian Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs reported that as of last week, there were 1,487 ethnic minority refugees from Myanmar in the Indonesian territory.
Jokowi earlier reported an increase in the number of Rohingya refugees entering Indonesian territory and the alleged involvement of a criminal network of human trafficking in it.
印尼總統表示，印尼已給予羅興亞難民臨時居留權
雅加達：據安塔拉通訊社報道，印尼總統佐科·維多多周一表示，該國為進入印尼領土的羅興亞難民提供臨時住所。
「我們將暫時安置他們，」佐科在回答有關處理印尼羅興亞難民問題時表示。
他指出，政府正在與包括聯合國難民事務高級專員辦事處（UNHCR）在內的相關國際組織討論解決難民問題的方案。
討論包括難民居住社區中出現的社會問題，例如亞齊、廖內和棉蘭。
「我們仍在與國際組織、聯合國難民署和其他機構進行談判，因為我們的當地人拒絕他們的存在，」佐科維表示。
聯合國難民署在聲明中表示，2022年，約有3,705名羅興亞難民透過海路逃離該國。
這一數字是自2015年以來的最高記錄。
印尼政治、法律和安全事務協調部報告稱，截至上週，印尼境內共有1,487名來自緬甸的少數民族難民。
佐科威早些時候報告說，進入印尼領土的羅興亞難民人數增加，並據稱涉及其中的人口販運犯罪網絡。
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