‘Other nations must step up’

FOREIGN Minister Retno Marsudi has expressed the government’s concern about the increasing number of Rohingya refugees arriving on Indonesia’s shores, calling on other countries in the region to share responsibility for addressing the core issues that led to the crisis.“In the last two months, Indonesia received almost 400 boat people of Rohingya ethnicity.

“Myanmar is their home, so a voluntary, safe and dignified repatriation should be continuously pursued, ” Retno said at the Asean Regional Forum (ARF) on Saturday.