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Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands, Indonesia - Hundreds of immigrants from Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran rallied in the House Immigration Detention Centre Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands Province on Monday.
Approximately 240 people are demanding that immigrants their status from the clarity of the High Commissioner of the United Nations for Refugees (UNHCR) has long since inhabited the House Immigration Detention (Rudenim) Tanjungpinang Center.
Hundreds of immigrants were assembled in an orderly manner on the first floor of a detention room to the stairs to the second floor with a few sheets of cardboard which contains claims to the UNHCR.
Head Rudenim Tanjungpinang Center, Sugiyo say, a rally by hundreds of immigrants were to be met with the UNHCR to question its status.
"Immigrants want to meet with UNHCR to question why they have not been interviewed to verify that its status is known as a refugee or not," said Sugiyo.
In addition, he said some immigrants who have refugee status requires clarity to the country where they will be placed.
"There were about 40 people of Afghanistan that has long been the status of refugees and their demands immediately placed into a third country," he said.
Those who are demonstrating is already inhabited by Sugiyo Rudenim Tanjungpinang from early 2010 after shipped from Lampung, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Surabaya and several other areas in Indonesia.
"We've coordinated with the UNHCR and they promised to come meet with immigrant protesters," said Sugiyo.
Demonstrations conducted since Monday morning according to him was the second time after the same thing done on Friday (19 /7).
Added Sugiyo, currently Rudenim Tanjungpinang immigrants accommodate as many as 291 people and 28 of them are "regular migrants" who will be repatriated to their home country after serving his sentence due to immigration violations and illegal fishing.
Source: Edited And Translated By: www.romescopurba.com
