Indonesia ' overburdened ' attitude that rejected asylum seekers Australia

Indonesia ' overburdened ' attitude that rejected asylum seekers Australia

Australia communities involved pros and cons against the arrival of the asylum seekersin the country.

Indonesia will be burdened as a result of the attitude of Australia which has closed the doors to asylum seekers was officially registered in the UN refugee Agency inIndonesia, said Indonesia's Minister of law and human rights.

"Of course it's right of Australia, but it will overload the we (Indonesia)," saidMenhukham Yasonna Laoly told reporters BBC Indonesia, Heyder Affan, Wednesday(19/11) afternoon.

According to him, the attitude of Australia that will make Indonesia more difficulty inaccommodating the presence of asylum seekers from the Middle East and West Asia, which continues to grow.

"Our ability (to hold) just 2,000, there are now 8,000 (refugees and asylum seekers) ouraccommodation which is hard," said Yasonna.

The Government says Australia, from July next year, asylum seekers registered in theUN refugee Agency, the UNHCR in Jakarta was not allowed to stay in Australia.

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said, this policy to stop the presumption that the refugees be to Indonesia and to use the region as a transit to the country.

Australia will continue to process the refugees who arrived before July 2014, butnumbers are limited, said Scott Morrison.

'' Australia should accept '

The UN refugee agency of record through April 2014, there are about 10 thousandasylum seekers and refugees in Indonesia.

The majority of them from the Middle East are waiting to be processed live inAustralia.

So far Australia and Indonesia have signed a cooperation deal with the issue of asylum seekers, but it was not always smooth.

Menkopolhukam Purdijanto Edy asked Tedjo Australia continue to receive asylumseekers are desperate to leave the territory of Indonesia and entered the waters ofAustralia.

"They (Australia) have to accept. Don't like it used to be repatriated to Indonesiaagain, "said Tedjo Edy to BBC Indonesia, Wednesday (19/11) afternoon.

According to him, Indonesia will continue to negotiate the issue of asylum seekers toAustralia, including seeking solutions to their shelter locations in the region ofIndonesia.

"Placed in an island, as there used to be to accommodate the Galang Island refugeeViet Nam," said Tedjo.

Australia itself has issued a policy on placement of asylum seekers to the Pacific island of Nauru or Papua New Guinea for immigration processing.

Later, a wave of asylum seekers and refugees from Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Iraq and Myanmar continue to flow into Indonesia with main purpose to Australia.

Most of those who use the ship later sank in the waters of the two countries.

 (BBC)