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Name
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Balikpapan Detention Centre, Rumah Detensi Imigrasi Balikpapan
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Type of carceral site
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Detention Centre
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Dates of use
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2011 – 2026
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Quote
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The situation continued like this for a period of time until more individuals began to suffer from heart pain and fainted from the shock. The whole thing was totally out of control. Everyone was screaming, and some were helping the fallen. Nineteen individuals in total had lost all hope and entered a state of shock. Among all this a small youth of fourteen years old also lost control, causing his older brother to enter a state of shock and panic for a short time. Actually, until a few months ago most of the people here were underage [...] Prison testimony. Dana, Erfan. "Late report but necessary to read once." Writing Through Fences, 1 February 2018, https://www.writingthroughfences.org/writers/erfan-dana/.
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I am a Hazara man from Afghanistan. I am a refugee. I continue to experience a most miserable life that has been imposed on me. When you look at me, you see my miseries, my pleading eyes with messy hair and a lack of contemporary knowledge. While you are focusing on me your mind subconsciously travels to a war zone, imagining a shuffling picture of wild, ferocious murderers with freakish appearances (Taliban). You most likely try to find something in me to match their features. I have experienced as much, enough to understand this: that a majority of people think the same. Personal Essay. Rahimi, Mohammad Asif. "First walk with me: on our assumptions about refugees." Overland, 11 July 2018, https://overland.org.au/2018/07/first-walk-with-me/.
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My heartfelt clear message to the rest of my brothers
still detained in the corner of dark detention centres in Indonesia and across the world.
We will start flying in blue skies like free birds
I promise
We will outlive again. Poetry. Dana, Erfan. "We will be free." Mascara Literary Review, 6 August 2018, https://www.mascarareview.com/erfan-dana/.
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I heard my name "Hussan Sa Rezi" on the loudspeaker. Puzzled, I looked at my cellmate for confirmation. During my whole imprisonment, the security guards hadn't pronounced my name right. My cellmate nodded that it was my name among a list of thirty refugees who would be released from Balikpapan refugee prison. I had been waiting for this call for the past 1,277 days / "Hussan Sa Rezi!" Lewat pelantang suara, aku mendengar namaku disebut. Bingung, aku melirik teman satu sel untuk memastikan. Sepanjang masa tahananku, petugas keamanan tak pernah menyebutkan namaku dengan benar. Si teman sel menganggukkan kepala, membenarkan namaku termasuk dalam daftar tiga puluh pengungsi yang akan dibebaskan dari penjara pengungsi di Balikpapan. Aku sudah menantikan panggilan semacam ini selama 1.277 hari. Personal Essay, Memoir. Rezaie, Hussain Shah. "The Invisible Barbed Wire." the archipelago, 15 September 2022, https://www.thearchipelago.org/the-invisible-barbed-wire/.
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Authority
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United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), Presidential Regulation No. 125, 2016.
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Archives and sources
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UNHCR Indonesia Archives and Case Files. Missbach, Antje. Troubled Transit. ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, 2015.
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Contact
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Kieren
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identifier
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SITE-PAN