Key Recommendations

To the Indonesian Government

•  Immediately review all immigration detention policies, end guards’ physical abuse of detainees, and improve the appalling conditions of detention.
• Immediately release all unaccompanied migrant children, and actively explore alternatives to detention for children.
• Ensure that, in the rare occasions where children are detained, that conditions are suitable, that children are not held with unrelated adults, and that they have access to education.
• Ensure that unaccompanied migrant children are granted guardians, legal assistance, and assistance with their basic needs.
• Ratify the 1951 Refugee Convention and implement a fair, humane, and speedy asylum system.
• Take wide-reaching measures to respond to the needs of asylum seekers and refugees throughout the asylum process, including providing viable options for life in Indonesia.

To the Australian Government

• End aggressive attempts to deter irregular migrants from reaching Australian territory.
• Demand that Indonesia live up to minimum human rights standards before providing funding to detain irregular migrants.
• Take advantage of opportunities to ensure a meaningful life for refugees awaiting resettlement in Indonesia, including through funding access to education, as one measure in deterring boat migration.