Barely Surviving: Detention, Abuse, and Neglect of Migrant Children in Indonesia (June 2013)

2nd July 2013

This 86-page Human Rights Watch report details Indonesia’s poor treatment of migrant and asylum-seeking children. They arrive in Indonesia after fleeing persecution, violence, and poverty in Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Burma, and elsewhere. Indonesia detains hundreds of migrant and asylum-seeking children each year without giving them a way to challenge their detention. Indonesian law permits up to 10 years of immigration detention.