ABSTRACT

Refugee and asylum seeker children in Indonesia have experienced exclusion and inequitable education. This paper, therefore, examines what are the gaps between International and Indonesian national laws on the right to education and its implementation in order to demonstrate educational exclusion and inequity. Subsequently, it scrutinizes the reasons why the inclusion and equity in the education of refugee and asylum seeker children should have been promoted in Indonesia. This paper examines international and national (Indonesian) documents (namely official law provisions, academic works, and research papers) and interviews with 13 informants in Jakarta and Bogor for data analysis. The findings reveal that the Indonesian national laws related to the right to education and its implementation have not been adequately recognized and exercised in accordance with the international laws. This paper argues that the Indonesian government should take into consideration the inclusive and equitable education for refugee children because these children are subject to an educational emergency. Moreover, the children could play some key roles in social, cultural, political and economic development.

摘要

印度尼西亚的难民和寻求庇护者儿童经历了排斥和不公平的教育。因此，本文研究了国际和印度尼西亚国家法律在受教育权及其实施方面的差距，以证明教育排斥和不平等。随后，它审查了为什么应该在印度尼西亚促进难民和寻求庇护者儿童教育的包容性和公平性。本文检查了国际和国家（印度尼西亚）文件（即官方法律规定、学术著作和研究论文），并采访了雅加达和茂物的 13 名线人以进行数据分析。调查结果表明，印度尼西亚有关受教育权及其实施的国家法律并未根据国际法得到充分承认和行使。本文认为，印度尼西亚政府应考虑为难民儿童提供包容和公平的教育，因为这些儿童面临教育紧急情况。此外，儿童可以在社会、文化、政治和经济发展中发挥一些关键作用。