Some 1,928 migrants enter Indonesia

The United Nations High Commisioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said a total of 1,928 migrants have entered Indonesia since early this year.

"The migrants consisted of 441 refugees and 1,487 asylum seekers," UNHCR Assistant Protection National Officer Nurul Qoiriah said at a seminar commemorating World Refugee Day here on Thursday.


The asylum seekers mostly came from Afghanistan (1,200), Myanmar (300), Iraq (282) and the rest from Sri Langka and Somalia, she said.

"They were sheltered in various refugee camps in Indonesia. But most of them were sheltered in Jakarta (908), Aceh (265), Bogor (254), Mataram (174) and other areas (less than 100)," she said.

She said the migrants with refugee status were being handled by UNHCR while those with asylum seeker status were being interviewed