Three Scenarios Of Government Returning Indonesian Citizens From Sudan

JAKARTA - The Central Government has prepared three scenarios to repatriate hundreds of Indonesian citizens (WNI) who were rescued from civil war in Sudan.

Assistant Deputy for Emergency and Post-Disaster Management, Deputy for Coordination of Regional Development Equity and Disaster Management, Nelwan Harahap, said that his party would re-data the Indonesian citizens. Later they can return to their respective homes independently.

"Later, we will ask for contact from his family or the identity of his pick-up as a guarantee for us that he can survive and arrive at his destination," Nelwan told reporters at the Hajj Dormitory, Pondok Gede, East Jakarta, Friday, April 28.

Nelwan also said that for the second scenario, namely his party through the Ministry of Home Affairs, which has sent friends to the local government as long as they will be referred to for repatriation. The goal is to ask for support later to return to their respective areas of origin.

There are five local governments (Pemda) that have been registered to pick up their citizens at the Hajj Dormitory. The five local governments include the provinces of Aceh, East Java, Lampung, Riau, and Bengkulu.

"We are still waiting for confirmation from the local government who will pick up their families here to be sent back to their respective areas of origin," he said.

"The third scenario, if for example later there is no ability for them to return home independently and the local government also has no confirmation to pick them up, we have also coordinated with fellow humanitarian institutions later we will facilitate them to return them to their respective areas of origin safely," he continued.