Data On 3 New Births In Refugee Locations, Pekanbaru Rudenim Calls The Number Of Afghan Citizens 142 People

Three Pekanbaru Immigration Detention Center (Rudenim) officers collected data on newborns in Pekanbaru/ANTARA

PekanbarU - Three officers from the Pekanbaru Immigration Detention Center (Rudenim) conducted data on newborns at the Wisma Orkhid shelter, in Pekanbaru, Tuesday, February 7. "One baby refugee Afghan citizen named Laleh Rezaie who was born on December 31, 2022 at the Arifin Regional General Hospital, Achmad Pekanbaru," said Panogu HD Sitanggang as Head of the Pekanbaru Rudenim in a statement quoted by Antara, Tuesday, February 7. As a work unit that has a responsibility in administrative supervision of foreign refugees, it includes handling when found, departure to destination countries, voluntary repatriation, and deportation and birth. Panogu said that three Rudenim officers who went directly to carry out monitoring at Wisma Orkhid to synchronize data with Jon Peter as the manager of the shelter. "With the birth of the baby, the number of refugees in the Wisma Orkhid shelter was recorded to be 142 people, and until now it is safe and conducive," he said. Head of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights Riau Mhd. Jahari Sitepu said that Indonesian countries have an obligation to pay respect, protection, promotion, enforcement and fulfillment of human rights, not only for Indonesian citizens, but also for all foreign citizens, as tourists or refugees. "Therefore, treat newborns as appropriate because the refugees also have the right to live and the right to a sense of security and free from inhumane treatment," said Jahari.