Asylum Seekers from Lombok

Followers of Ahmadiyah in West Nusa Tenggara seek political asylum in Australia.

August 1, 2006

FOR the past six months Suhadi and his two wives and two children have been living in a refugee camp in Mataram, West Lombok, surviving on rice, instant noodles and sardines provided by the local government.

Suhadi and his family are among 137 followers of Ahmadiyah finding refuge in a transit camp belonging to the local transmigration office, sleeping in rooms separated by clothes and sarongs hung on lines, and cooking by the sides of the dormit

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