Government Facilitates Repatriation of Human Rights Violation Victims
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Prague – The Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD and Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly visited the Czech Republic to provide repatriation opportunities for victims of human rights violations in Indonesia.
The victims, especially former Service Bond Students (Mahid), are given convenience through priority visa services, residence permits, and re-entry permits for free.
Minister Laoly reiterated the priority service for former Mahids to obtain citizenship and immigration documents when they want to visit Indonesia, or even become Indonesians again.
Menteri Hukum dan Hak Asasi Manusia, Yasonna H. Laoly
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"Of the 14 former Mahids in the Czech Republic, 13 have Czech citizenship and one has Indonesian citizenship. The Ministry of Law and Human Rights guarantees priority services if they want to return to Indonesia," Minister said in Prague on Monday, as quoted from an official statement.
The Minister revealed that the Ministry of Law and Human Rights has issued a regulation that allows 14 former Czech Mahids to obtain visa services, residence permits, and re-entry permits for free.
"Victims of gross human rights violations are given a zero rupiah rate for immigration services," Minister Laoly remarked .
For the Czech region, priority services for former Mahids can be obtained through an application to the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia (KBRI) in the Czech Republic.
Furthermore, the Embassy will continue the application until it gets a recommendation from the Ministry of Law and Human Rights.
Overall, based on data from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the total number of ex-Mahids is 139 people. A total of 138 people are spread across 10 European countries and one person in an Asian country.
The Netherlands has the most ex-Mahids (67 people), followed by the Czech Republic (14 people). In Russia, there is still one ex-Mahid, but there are 38 descendants of ex-Mahids in the bear country. Meanwhile, the only non-European country where ex-Mahids live is Syria with one person.
Minister Laoly's visit to the Czech Republic is claimed to be the government's effort to follow up on non-judicial settlements of gross human rights violations.
