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        "id": 1102463,
        "msgid": "boat-people-escape-batam-detention-1447893297",
        "date": "2001-10-27 00:00:00",
        "title": "Boat people escape Batam detention",
        "author": null,
        "source": "",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Boat people escape Batam detention BATAM, Riau: Seven of the 77 Afghan boat people accommodated in the Batam immigration detention center since May 2 have escaped, an official confirmed on Friday. The head of the Batam Immigration Office, Mardjono, said that the seven persons had disappeared from the detention center some days ago. \"They may still be in Batam or living on islets in Riau.\" \"We are collaborating with the local police in seeking them,\" he said.",
        "content": "<p>Boat people escape Batam detention<\/p>\n<p>BATAM, Riau: Seven of the 77 Afghan boat people accommodated<br>\nin the Batam immigration detention center since May 2 have<br>\nescaped, an official confirmed on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The head of the Batam Immigration Office, Mardjono, said that<br>\nthe seven persons had disappeared from the detention center some<br>\ndays ago. \"They may still be in Batam or living on islets in<br>\nRiau.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"We are collaborating with the local police in seeking them,\"<br>\nhe said.<\/p>\n<p>Mardjono said that the fate of the remaining 70 Afghan boat<br>\npeople stranded in Batam was uncertain. \"The United Nations High<br>\nCommissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has yet to decide on their<br>\nstatus.\"<\/p>\n<p>Batam is one of the centers used for detaining Afghan boat<br>\npeople who have been dreaming of a better life in Australia. The<br>\nother centers are Medan (North Sumatra), Jakarta, Bogor (West<br>\nJava) Cilacap (Central Java), Denpasar (Bali), Mataram (West Nusa<br>\nTenggara), and Kupang (East Nusa Tenggara). --ANtara<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/boat-people-escape-batam-detention-1447893297",
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