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Indonesia


Country Statistics  
Latest IDP figure:
Number of refugees:
(Originating from the country)
20,230 (UNHCR, June 2008)
Total Population:
22,2 million
19 July 2006

Support needed for return and re-integration of displaced Acehnese following peace agreement


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Destroyed houses in return areas,
Lubuk Layu, Aceh. Julien Harneiss,
July 2006
In the wake of the peace agreement signed in August 2005 between Acehnese separatist rebels and the government, putting an end to 30 years of conflict in Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh, thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) who were forced to leave their homes during the conflict started returning. Most of these returns have taken place to former conflict-affected areas spared by the tsunami of December 2004 but where years of fighting and lack of development have disrupted the livelihoods of all civilians. Assessments conducted by the World Bank in the past months among conflict-affected communities have revealed pressing needs with regard to housing, food, health care and livelihood assistance. Also, while the assessments concluded that it was important that assistance be provided in these areas to benefit the community as a whole, those who have been made more vulnerable by the conflict, such as IDPs, should be provided with compensation for conflict-related destruction and loss.

With little money available for non-tsunami-related aid programmes and many conflict-affected areas not accessible to foreign organisations until after the signing of the peace agreement in August 2005, most aid agencies have only recently started working in these areas where tens of thousands of people are still displaced and have seen little of government assistance in the past years. Ensuring a fair distribution of the assistance between all regions of Aceh and between all who have suffered from the conflict will help prevent jealousies and tensions between communities and contribute to the success of the peace process.

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"Causes and Background","Background","Communal violence in the Maluku islands","Struggle for autonomy in Aceh","Central Sulawesi (Palu & Poso)","Communal violence in West and Central Kalimantan ","Violence and displacement following independence vote in East Timor","Struggle for Independence in Papua"
"Population Figures and Profile","Global figures","Displacement from Maluku province","Displacement from North Maluku province","Displacement from Aceh province","Displacement from Central Sulawesi province","Displacement from West Kalimantan province","Displacement from Central Kalimantan province","Displacement from East Timor","Displacement from Papua province"
"Patterns of Displacement","Displacement from Maluku Province","Displacement from North Maluku","Displacement from Aceh","Displacement in Central Sulawesi","Displacement from Central and West Kalimantan","Displacement from Papua"
"Physical Security & Freedom of Movement","Physical security (Maluku)","Physical security (Aceh)","Freedom of movement (Aceh)","Physical security (West & Central Kalimantan)","Physical security (Papua)"
"Subsistence Needs","General subsistence needs of IDPs throughout Indonesia","MALUKU (general)","Food","Health","Shelter and non-food items","NORTH MALUKU (general)","ACEH (general)","Food","Health","Water and sanitation","Shelter and non-food items","Vulnerable groups","CENTRAL SULAWESI (general)","WEST KALIMANTAN (general)","Vulnerable groups","EAST JAVA & MADURA (general)","Shelter and non-food items","Vulnerable groups","EAST NUSA TENGGARA (general)","PAPUA (general)"
"Access to Education","Maluku","Aceh"
"Issues of Self-Reliance and Public Participation","Livelihood opportunities for the displaced in Maluku","Livelihood opportunities for the displaced in East Java and Madura Island","Livelihood opportunities for the displaced from Aceh","Livelihood opportunities for the displaced in West Kalimantan","Livelihood opportunities for displaced from East Timor "
"Documentation Needs and Citizenship","General","Documentation needs (Aceh)","Documentation needs (West & Central Kalimantan)","Citizenship [East Nusa Tenggara]"
"Issues of Family Unity, Identity and Culture","Religion and social cohesion in North Maluku","Family unity in West Kalimantan"
"Property Issues","General"
"Patterns of Return and Resettlement","General","Maluku IDPs ","North Maluku IDPs","Aceh IDPs","Sulawesi IDPs","IDPs from East Timor","IDPs from Central Kalimantan","IDPs from West Kalimantan"
"Humanitarian Access","Aceh","Central Sulawesi","Papua"
"National and International Responses","National and international responses to internal displacement in Indonesia","References to the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement"

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Reports 
RSC Working Paper No. 42, Dynamics of Conflict and Displacement in Papua, Indonesia, Refugee Studies Center (RSC), University of Oxford, September 2007
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Aceh picture gallery 
Pictures of IDP return areas in Aceh Selatan, Julien Harneiss (UNICEF), July 2006