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Q&A: CWS provides alternative to detention for lost refugee children in Jakarta
27 Jan 2014 UNHCR's implementing partner, CWS, provides the youngsters with vital shelter, food and care while their asylum claims are being processed. It's a vital job. -
Playing the waiting game in Indonesia
30 Oct 2013 UNHCR has expanded its outreach to cope with growing asylum claims, but the pace of solutions is not keeping up. -
UNHCR welcomes Jakarta Declaration to address irregular movements in Asia-Pacific
21 Aug 2013 Thirteen countries of origin, transit and destination pledge to take joint actions in the face of this common and growing challenge. -
UNHCR calls for concrete steps to protect refugees through Bali Process
2 Apr 2013 The steps include the development of protocols on rescue and interception at sea to support more predictable and effective ways to disembark, process and help maritime arrivals. -
Timor-Leste vows never to turn back on refugees as UNHCR office closes
12 Jan 2012 President José Ramos-Horta says the country has emerged from the trauma of its birth and UNHCR's departure is good news. -
UNHCR self-reliance programme helps empower Ivoirian refugee
30 Mar 2009 Ouattara Madoussou has been resettled in Canada. But she will stay in touch with Indonesian friends through an internet business set up with UNHCR help. -
Iraqi family board a flight to Australia and the end of their journey
2 Jun 2008 After almost seven years in Indonesia, a family of Iraqi refugees finally get the opportunity to begin a new life in Australia. -
Refugees in PNG travel the road to self-reliance
12 Mar 2008 Hundreds of refugees in Papua New Guinea could soon take a big step towards self-reliance thanks to plans to upgrade a road and other development schemes. -
Refugee from Myanmar finds farming and friends in Java
27 Nov 2007 A UNHCR self-reliance programme helps a refugee from Myanmar find his feet among an Indonesian farming community.