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Handling of refugees from abroad under Presidential Regulation 125/2016

IndonesiaHumanitarian protection

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What exactly is this: asylum, temporary protection, humanitarian admission, resettlement or another protection mechanism?

This is not an Indonesian asylum or visa procedure. It is a presidential regulation on handling refugees from abroad, covering discovery, sheltering, security and immigration supervision. Refugee or asylum-seeker status comes from the UN through UNHCR in Indonesia, and refugees may be held pending placement in a third country.

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  • The PDF is a scan with an OCR text layer, and the quoted text contains OCR errors (e.g. 'sebagqimana').
  • Indonesia's non-party status to the Refugee Convention is not stated in this source.

Which population, circumstances or geographic group does the mechanism cover?

It covers foreigners in Indonesia who have a well-founded fear of persecution on grounds that include race, ethnicity, nationality, membership of a particular social group and differing political opinion, and who do not want the protection of their country of origin.

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  • OCR errors in the source: 'agama' (religion), which falls between the two quotes, is rendered as 'agafrta'' and was not quoted.
  • The second quote ends with 'dan/atau', which joins the UNHCR-status part used in R1.

Where can protection be requested, and is this a direct application, border/in-country request, referral or other process?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm where and how protection is requested.

What happens after the request: registration, family handling, major support and rights where officially stated?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm what happens after the protection request is made.

Which competent authority, UN body or official assistance channel should the person use?

Refugee handling runs through cooperation between the central government and the UN, via UNHCR in Indonesia and/or international organisations. It is coordinated by the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs.

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  • No UNHCR contact channel and no fraud or scam warning are given in this source.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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