ALSA LOCAL CHAPTER UNIVERSITAS SYIAH KUALA
HANDLING REFUGEES IN INDONESIA DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC By Putri Srilantria dan Asyila Shalsabila Legal Opinion I.
LEGAL ISSUES 1. Refugees and Migrants in Indonesia during the COVID-19 Pandemic. 2. Indonesia’s efforts in providing legal protection for refugees. 3. Rescuing and handling Rohingya Refugees with COVID-19 protocol in Aceh as a form of humanitarian care.
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LEGAL BASIS 1. Perpres No. 125/2016 tentang Penanganan Pengungsi dari Luar Negeri. 2. Konvensi Pengungsi 1951 dan Protokol 1967. 3. Pasal 16 Deklarasi Hak Asasi Manusia ASEAN (AHRD) 2012 4. Undang-Undang No. 37 Tahun 1999 tentang Hubungan Luar Negeri. 5. Undang-Undang No. 6 Tahun 2011 tentang Keimigrasian
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LEGAL ANALYSIS 1. Refugee and Migrants in Indonesia During the COVID-19 Pandemics The Coronavirus (COVID-19), discovered in Wuhan, China, spread to all countries in the world quickly and uncontrollably. On January 30, 2020 WHO announced and included the Covid-19 outbreak in the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)19 and increased the status as a pandemic on March 11, 202020 During the COVID-19 pandemic, refugees were among the most vulnerable groups considering the many factors that influenced it. In terms of numbers, there are only around 14 thousand refugees in Indonesia, compared to a global total of 70.8 million (UNHCR, 25
WHO, ‘WHO Director-General’s statement on IHR Emergency Committee on Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) (WHO, 2020) https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s- statement-on-ihremergency-committee-on-novel-coronavirus-(2019- ncov)>accessed 23 January 2021 20 WHO, ‘WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19-11 March 2020’ (WHO, 2020) https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the- mediabriefing-on-covid-19---11-march-2020 >accessed 23 January 2021 19
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