If you HAD TO FLEE
your home, what would you need to
STAY ALIVE?
Food, medicine, water, electricity, a safe place, clean clothes?
What if you can't afford them all because you’re not allowed to work?
THIS IS HOW IT FEELS TO BE REFUGEES.
Under Indonesian law, asylum seekers and refugees are not allowed to work. They also do not have access to social support from the Indonesian Government, and they can’t continue their education because most schools and universities do not accept them.
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The UN estimates that as of June 2019, Indonesia had been a host to almost 14,000 refugees and asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Iraq, Myanmar, Sudan, Somalia, etc. These refugees fled their homes because of civil wars and or conflicts that threatened their lives. Around 30 percent of them are children, 1 percent are elderly, and others live with disabilities and chronic illnesses.
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Indonesia is not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol, which means that Indonesia is just a transit country for refugees who are seeking for resettlements to countries that signed the Convention. Issues occurred when these countries resisted fulfilling their commitment to the Convention in accepting refugees, as the implication of the rise of extreme nationalism and xenophobia. The resistance caused the refugees to live in Indonesia for years, without jobs, access to education, health care, homes, and certainty.
It is devastating, but we believe that kindness can help them to ease those problems.
INCLINES (stands for "inclusive and empathetic society") for Refugees is a platform that aims to support organizations in Indonesia in raising awareness about refugee issues, fundraising info and finding volunteers to help refugees.
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Founded in 2019, INCLINES wants to create a stronger force in supporting refugees and human rights in Indonesia through stories, insights, and free toolkit.
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We believe that anyone can take part in building a more inclusive and empathetic society.
ABOUT INCLINES FOR REFUGEES