General Story
http://hem.passagen.se/freeacheh/
Indonesia hosted more than 120,000 refugees and asylum seekers at
the end of 2000.
At the end of 2000, an estimated 750,000 to 850,000 Indonesians
were internally displaced in 18 of Indonesiaââ¬â¢s
26 provinces. These included 215,000 to 285,000 persons in Maluku,
207,000 in North Maluku, 110,000 to 130,000 in Southeast Sulawesi,
73,000 in Central Sulawesi, 60,000 to 70,000 in West Kalimantan,
36,000 in North Sulawesi, 30,000 in North Sumatra, 20,000 in Java,
17,000 in Irian Jaya (West Papua), 15,000 in South Sulawesi, and
at least 8,000 in Aceh. Thousands more were displaced elsewhere
in Sumatra and on the islands of Nusa Tenggara.
About 6,000 Indonesian refugees from the province of Irian Jaya
were living in Papua New Guinea at yearââ¬â¢s
end. About 150 Indonesian Acehnese were refugees in Malaysia, while
at least another 500 Acehnese lived there in refugee-like circumstances.
The U.S. Committee for Refugees (USCR) conducted two site visits
to Indonesia during 2000 to assess the situation of refugees and
internally displaced persons there. USCRââ¬â¢s
findings and recommendations were presented in an issue paper entitled,
Shadow Plays: The Crisis of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
in Indonesia, published in January 2001.
Cerita detil per daerah pengungsi/konflik.
-Aceh....
At the end of the year, at least 8,000 persons were displaced within
Aceh, on the northern tip of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. As
in 1999, the level of displacement in Aceh fluctuated widely, from
approximately 4,000 in January to some 80,000 in August. At yearâ€s
end, the violence in Aceh intensified, despite a formal â€humanitarian
pause†in the fighting.
In October, local NGOs reported that some 16,000 of the displaced
persons in Aceh (roughly half at the time) were Javanese transmigrants,
with the rest being ethnic Acehnese.
In addition to the displaced within Aceh, thousands of persons have
fled Aceh for the nearby province of North Sumatra, particularly
the city of Medan. At the end of the year, an estimated 30,000 persons
were displaced in North Sumatra.
-Sampang....
At the end of the year, an estimated 63,000 persons were internally
displaced in the province of West Kalimantan on the Indonesian part
of the island of Borneo. The vast majority of the displaced were
ethnic Madurese from the coastal district of Sambas, which has experienced
sporadic ethnic clashes since late 1996.
During 2000, the number of displaced Madurese in West Kalimantan
increased by at least 20,000 because of the return to Pontianak
of displaced Madurese who had briefly returned to Madura. Finding
conditions on Madura unsuitable, and enticed by the governmentâ€s
offer of relocation, they re-entered the camps to await such relocation.
The displaced in Pontianak were housed in several â€collective
centers,†including a football stadium (holding
more than 10,000 persons), a Muslim pilgrimage center, a university
stadium, and other large structures. Others sought shelter with
family or friends. Local officials said resources were beginning
to be strained and that the local community would not accept the
displaced persons indefinitely.
In February 2001, violence erupted in Central Kalimantan Province
as Dayaks began attacking ethnic Madurese. At least 500 persons,
almost all Madurese, were killed and at least 50,000 Madurese were
displaced in weeks of violence. The military evacuated most of the
displaced to other parts of Indonesia
-Poso....
The island of Sulawesi hosted more than 250,000 displaced persons
at the end of 2000. The largest number, as many as 130,000, were
in Southeast Sulawesi Province, including the island of Buton. According
to NGOs, conditions there ranged from fair to poor.There are about
55% refugees are back in their own homeland living in their burnt
houses or terraces of sheds to pile their families in a very basic
condition and poor sanitation.
In Central Sulawesi Province, some 73,000 persons were displaced
as a result of Muslim-Christian clashes in and around the town of
Poso. The clashes, though linked to local causes, were related to
the religious violence in the Moluccas
. The refugees, many of them under the age of 5. The medical team
is under-staffed,
under-equipped and in crucial need of further funds and medicine.
-Maluku....
Of the estimated 800,000 internally displaced persons in Indonesia
at the end of 2000, the greatest numbersâ€more
than 400,000â€were in the provinces of Maluku and
North Maluku (each of which contains several islands, collectively
comprising the island chain known as the Moluccas). Violence between
Christians and Muslims, which began in both provinces in 1999, continued
throughout 2000. By the end of the year, some 5,000 Moluccans were
believed to have died since the violence began.
|