Indonesia: Fear for safety, East Timorese refugees attempting to return from Indonesia

Index Number: ASA 21/044/2001
Date Published: 12 September 2001
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Indonesia

Several hundred East Timorese refugees are thought to be planning to return from West Timor over the next week. They are feared to be at risk of attack from militia groups operating in West Timor, who oppose the repatriation scheme and have previously attacked refugees trying to register join it.