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Afghan Refugees In Indonesia

A mask reading 'UNHCR Resign Up' on the fence of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Jakarta on 27 August 2021. Thousands of refugees from Afghanistan, most of them from the Hazara ethnic minority, who have long been persecuted by the Taliban, have lived in Indonesia for years as they await resettlement in third countries such as Canada or Australia. Based on the Fact Sheet report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) April-May-June 2021 edition, there are currently 13,416 refugees in Indonesia registered by UNHCR. Most of them are Afghan refugees with a proportion of 56 percent or as many as 7,490 people, and most of those are members of the Hazara ethnic minority. Indonesia has not signed the UN Convention on Refugees, meaning asylum seekers are not able to work or get education in the country. (Photo by Afriadi Hikmal/NurPhoto)

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