October 29, 2024

Transmigration to West Papua: IPWP statement

The IPWP notes with deep concern the recent announcement by Minister of Transmigration Muhammad Iftitah Sulaiman Suryanagara that new Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto plans to introduce a new transmigration programme to West Papua.  Transmigration has led to dramatic demographic change in West Papua. Between 1972 and 2000, over 300,000 Indonesians were relocated to West Papua, and the.