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In West Java, a group of volunteer refugees established the Refugee Learning Center (RLC) to provide education and empower fellow refugees.

According to UNHCR, there are 14,405  refugees in Indonesia, many of whom spend many years in the country without acquiring permanent settlement status. Refugees have no access to education and work, and their situation is exacerbated by complicated resettlement processes, lack of local government support and inadequate housing facilities in the country.

Indonesia was not among the countries which signed the 1951 Refugee Convention, and it only passed a law protecting refugees in 2016.

Read more at: https://globalvoices.org/2019/08/16/refugees-in-west-java-indonesia-have-no-access-to-education-so-they-established-their-own-school/?fbclid=IwAR24I-VgTxs2bYLX-bm6ovMZCAahpipR1jJsJIkvLLDrO4Ee2D_Zk10X_oE