More than 'Lebaran' Clothes and Christmas Gifts Needed

What must be done for hundreds of thousands of refugees?

December 18, 2000

Thinking about new clothes for Lebaran, a Christmas present or a year-end bonus? You must be in a fortunate part of Indonesia. In less propitious parts, nearly 800,000 Indonesians (government data until July 2000) can't even think about tomorrow's meals. They are refugees from Ambon, North Maluku, Aceh, Sambas and East Timor, who, owing to inter-regional, interethnic and interreligious clashes, have to stay at soldiers' barracks, military bases, spo

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