Contact With Weapons And Bomb Explosions Make Indonesian Citizens In Sudan Fear: From The First Time They Want To Go Home, But Don't Have Money

Indonesian citizens from Sudan were accommodated in Pondok Gede Hajj Dormitory after being evacuated/ Photo: Jehan/VOI

JAKARTA - One Indonesian citizen named Sarniah binti Sarnata (31) said the repatriation process was immediately carried out by the Indonesian government considering the deteriorating armed conflict between the Sudanese Government Military and the Rapid Support Force (RSF) Militia in Khartoum on April 15, 2023.

"I've been there for 8 years, there was a bomb, there was a war like that. I'm underprivileged, I want to go home, I don't have money from the start, but I don't have money," said Sarniah.

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.