移民与印尼冲突（英文论文）.pdfVIP

•• MIGRATION AND CONFLICT IN INDONESIA•• By. Tri Nuke Pudjiastuti♦ Since 1998 the political uncertainties and acute economic crisis have result of the long ruling authoritarian regime of President Suharto and design the installation of a new democratic system. Unfortunately in the same time, ethnic and violence ignited at many places in Indonesia, which was started with East Timor to be independent. Then, there are the revival of ethno-nationalism in the provinces of Aceh (in the northern Sumatra), Irian Jaya and “religious” violence between the majority Muslims and minority Christians on the eastern Maluku Islands and Poso (Central Sulawesi). In the recent years Indonesia still continues to suffer, when a sustainable economy recovery is so slowly and looks un-focusing, the government is also still weak and ineffectual in dealing with the situation. Even many the violence remains linked to elements of the military. One of big real effect is in the grassroots population which directly faces the violence and the hard time in the shelters and tents as internally displacement persons (IDPs). Discussing IDPs in Indonesia, as Susan F Martin remains that their flow is caused more of push factors in their home communities which is fuelled by conflicts, human right abuses and political repression that displace people from their home communities.1 This flow of them becomes recent phenomenon around regions in Indonesia. Since 1998 the flow of IDPs is already more than 1.3 million persons, not only from Kalimantan and Ambon, but also from Sumatra, Sulawesi, Irian Jaya dan Nusa Tenggara.2 Although there are some actions from many kin