Community’s Perspectives on the Attendance of Rohingyas in Aceh

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210125.022How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Religious Approach, Local Wisdom, Humanity, Morality

Abstract

This paper aims to describe the Indonesian people’s perspective towards Rohingya refugees’ presence in Aceh in June 2020. This study uses a mix-method approach to obtain primary data. Data were collected by distributing an online questionnaire to all society components, especially those interested in the Rohingya refugees’ issue. We received 267 responses within two weeks, followed by Indonesian respondents aged 19 to 60, with diverse occupational backgrounds. The results showed that most of the community (87.6%) accepted Rohingya refugees back to Aceh, 10.9% refused, and 1.5% abstained. The Indonesian people take Rohingya refugees based on religious thought (44%), on humanity reason (35%), on morality reason (14%), legality (3%), and others (4%). Meanwhile, for those who refused Rohingya refugees, the economic, social, health, and regulatory problems were found as the reasons. The positive acceptance of the Indonesian people for Rohingya refugees should be a consideration for the Government in formulating policies related to the handling of Rohingya refugees in Indonesia. For this reason, the Government should encourage socialization, coordination, and community participation in overcoming the problems of Rohingya refugees in Aceh by using a religious approach and local wisdom.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Malahayati Rahman
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/01/26
TI  - Community’s Perspectives on the Attendance of Rohingyas in Aceh
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Science, Political Science, and Humanities (ICoSPOLHUM 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 128
EP  - 132
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210125.022
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210125.022
ID  - Rahman2021
ER  -