REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, LHOKSEUMAWE -- The House of Representatives (DPR) will urge the government to take the Rohingya issue to the ASEAN to find a solution, Deputy Speaker Fadli Zon said.
He made the statement here on Monday while visiting the Rohingya and Bangladeshi refugees at the shelter in Kuala Langsa, Aceh province, on Sunday.
The issue concerning the Rohingya boat people is a humanitarian one that merits global attention, he remarked.
Leaders of the ASEAN should discuss the Rohingya crisis seriously to prevent its recurrence in the future, he added.
Zon was in Langsa along with Fadhlullah of Commission VI of the DPR as well as Firmandez and Professor Bachtiar Aly of Commission I.
Moreover, the social affairs ministry has provided aid worth Rp2.3 billion to help the Rohingya asylum seekers being accommodated in four temporary shelters in Aceh province.
"The aid was given in the form of goods," Director of Social Protection of Natural Disaster Victims of the Social Affairs Ministry Margowiyono affirmed in Aceh on Sunday.
The donation was distributed in the four shelters in the districts of East Aceh, Aceh Tamiang, Langsa and North Aceh.
As many as 1,759 Rohingya and Bangladeshi refugees are being accommodated in Aceh. Of the total, 564 are in Punteut, Blang Mangat sub-district in Lhokseumawe city, North Aceh; 672 are in Kuala Langksa, Langsa; 476 are in Bireun Bayeun, Rantau Selamat sub-district, East Aceh district; and 47 others are in Aceh Tamiang district.
East Aceh received emergency tents, mattress, food, blankets, family kits and kids wear, among other items, as well as Rp611 million in aid.
In addition, Aceh Tamiang district received aid worth Rp171 million, while Langsa received Rp609 million, and North Aceh, Rp931 million.
The donation was presented by Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa during her visit to the shelters in Langsa and East Aceh.
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