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KUPANG, KOMPAS.com – Refugees from Afghanistan with the initials MN who lived in Kupang town, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), have been accepted to live in Canada.

After receiving this confirmation, MN flew to Jakarta, using a Batik Air aircraft, on Thursday (3/11/2022) to continue his journey to Canada.

When transferred to Jakarta, MN was escorted by officers from the Kupang Immigrant Detention Center (Rudenim), who worked closely with the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

“He has been living in a temporary shelter in Kupang city for seven years,” Kupang Rudenim security and order section chief Melsy IY Fanggi told Kompas.com on Thursday evening.

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MN chased Melsy, departed via El Tari Kupang International Airport at 06:25 WITA, used Batik Air airline and arrived at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport at 09:18 WIT.

Upon arrival in Jakarta, MN was picked up by IOM staff and then taken to Jakarta Migrant Detention Center for the transfer process.

“Upon arriving at Jakarta Immigration Detention Center, activities continued with officers transferring refugees between Kupang Detention Center and Jakarta Detention Center,” Melsy said.

Afterwards, MN was taken to the temporary shelter of Mustika Hotel in Bekasi, which is under the supervision of Jakarta Immigration Dentistry Center.

“We are working with IOM because these refugees can go through the process of placement in Canada, for example medical exams, interviews with the Canadian embassy where they are going,” Melsy said.

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With the transfer of Kupang refugees to Canada, Kupang Detention Center is also happy as what MN hopes can be achieved.

“Let’s hope that the protests that are often led by Afghan refugees once a week in Kupang can be stopped,” Melsy hoped.

Melsy also thanked UNHCR and IOM for their hard work in the process of resettling refugees to third countries so that the hopes of refugees in Kupang town can be realized.

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