Aceh refugees stranded in Cianjur

Aceh refugees stranded in Cianjur

CIANJUR, West Java: At least ten families of Acehnese refugees
who face an uncertain future in Cianjur, West Java, are in
desperate need of financial assistance from local authorities.

Ucu Rachmat, a local community leader, called on the local
administration and the regency legislature to pay adequate
attention to the refugees since they had resorted to begging
within the local community to survive.

"Local authorities should pay attention to the families of
refugees because they could no longer depend on the uncertain
assistance from the local people," he said here on Friday.

He said more than 300 other refugees who fled the conflict in
Aceh were still living with their families in several villages in
the regency.

Ibu Dede Saryamah, deputy chairperson of the Cianjur Regency
Legislative Council, said she would raise the refugee issue in
the next session. --Antara