Law Indigenous Peoples Confronting International Fraud and Mafia Cases on the Large Displacement of Rohingya Refugees to Indonesia Aberrant Behavior Violation of Indonesian Law by Rohingya Refugees Causing Societal Harm and Economic Loss
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Every day at least 149 to 400 Rohingya refugees come to Aceh and the surrounding Riau islands according to data from local government and UNHCR illegally. The law peoples confronting international fraud and mafia cases on the large displacement of Rohingya refugees to Indonesia in Aceh and Riau Islands aberrant behavior violation of Indonesia law by Rohingya refugees causing societal harm and economic loss. The international human trafficking syndicate mafia is behind the increase in boat arrivals of Rohingya refugees, with each adult costing around 20 million rupiah and children costing 7 million to 10 million rupiah per person to the international mafia illegally.
Indonesia is not a signatory to the 1951 United Nations Convention on Refugees, but has a history of accepting refugees when they arrive on Indonesian territory. However, the high number of new arrivals has triggered negative reactions on social media as well as in the daily life in terms of security and economy of Aceh and Riau Islands and rejection from the community because they are very angry about the deviant behavior and often harm the community as well as damage the environment and economy. Rohingya people have left Myanmar They are generally regarded as foreign smugglers from South Asia, denied citizenship, and become harassing and insulting behavior to local residents as well as asking for islands for them without ever working and asking and extorting local residents and the government.
This type of research is normative and qualitative research. The type of data used consists of primary and secondary legal materials obtained by library research and analyzed using a qualitative approach presented in descriptive form. The results showed that (1) legal arrangements related to fraud and international trafficking in Rohingya people. The role of international law in the eradication of trafficking in human beings is to ratify the Palermo Protocol through Law Number 14 of 2009 and to strengthen cooperation relationships among countries and international institutions. Increase cooperation from various parties, especially the people living in the border areas of Indonesia, especially Aceh, which are often crossed by asylum seekers or refugees from Rohingya. Not only from border officials but the participation of the community can increase work efficiency in monitoring immigrants entering Indonesian territory. In addition, the local community also needs to be educated on how to deal with refugees who arrive at the border area. Also the perpetrators of fraud and trafficking under the guise of Rohingya refugees must be strictly prosecuted and for Rohingya refugees who violate the rules are prosecuted under Indonesian and international law as well as returned to the country to be legally tried.
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