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Troubled Transit - Asylum Seekers Stuck in Indonesia (Paperback)
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Troubled Transit - Asylum Seekers Stuck in Indonesia (Paperback)
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Troubled Transit considers the situation of asylum seekers stuck in
limbo in Indonesia from a number of perspectives. It presents not
only the narratives of many transit migrants but also the
perceptions of Indonesian authorities and of representatives of
international and non-government organizations responsible for the
care of transiting asylum seekers. Fascinated by the extraordinary
and seemingly limitless resilience shown by asylum seekers during
their often lengthy and dangerous journeys, the author highlights
one particular fragment of their journeys their time in Indonesia,
which many expect to be the last stepping stone to a new life.
While they long for their new life to unfold, most asylum seekers
become embroiled in the complexities of living in transit.
Indonesia, a vast archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, is more
than a location where people spend time waiting; it is a nation
state that interacts with transiting asylum seekers and formulates
policies that have a profound impact on their experience in transit
there. Troubled Transit tries to explain the complexities faced by
the transiting migrants within the context of the Indonesian
government and its political challenges, including its relationship
with Australia. The Australia-centric view of recent asylum seeker
issues has tended to ignore the larger socio-political context of
the migratory routes and the perspectives of transit states towards
asylum seekers stuck in transit. This book hopes to direct the
Australia-centric gaze northwards to take Indonesian policies and
policymaking into account, thereby giving Indonesia more relevance
as a transit country and as an important partner in regional
protection schemes and migration management. Even though some
Indonesian policies and practices are less than favourable for
asylum seekers, and even reprehensible from a human rights
perspective, more attention must be paid to ongoing developments
that impact on transiting asylum seekers in Indonesia if any of the
hardships they suffer there are to be alleviated.
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