Twenty years is not a short time, especially if the two decades are spent in uncertainty about the future of one’s family.

An affirmative policy in the form of providing land and livable homes with adequate infrastructure is one way to help former refugees from East Timor.

Two decades since East Timor broke away from Indonesia, the misery of poverty continues to afflict ex-East Timor refugees who have chosen to remain citizens of Indonesia.

Human rights activists in Papua have urged the central and regional governments prioritize assistance for refugees from Nduga, who have taken temporary shelter at 36 locations across Wamena, Jayawijaya regency. The refugees were in a state of high emotion because of hunger.