Jakarta - Police on Indonesia's Sumatra island have arrested 25 asylum seekers from Afghanistan, an immigration official said Tuesday. The migrants were arrested on Saturday at the Bakauheni port in Lampung province, local immigration official Eddy Haryadi said.
"They are seeking refugee status with the UNHCR," he said, referring to the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees.
Undocumented migrants mostly from the Middle East, South and Central Asia seeking better lives in Australia have for years used Indonesia as a transit country.
About 1,500 foreign asylum seekers are being held in Indonesian immigration detention centers pending the verification of their refugee status and placement in third countries.
Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/312068,indonesian-police-arrest-25-afghan-migrants.html.
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