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Name
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Surabaya Detention Centre, Rumah Detensi Imigrasi Surabaya (Rudenim), and Surabaya IOM Shelters
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Type of carceral site
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Other
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Dates of use
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2010 – 2026
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Quote
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I was surrounded by water, where waves are trained to swallow human beings and fish are trained to feed upon our dead bodies. I was surrounded by the darkness of night, where cloud covers the sky and even the gleaming of stars is nothing in the absence of the moon. I was surrounded, in a quiet world where eyes can see nothing and ears can hear nothing, but the smell of dead bodies blows from east to west. I spent the whole night struggling with big mountains of waves one after another, swearing to catch that dream, as many did—the ocean a nation of people. Prose. Mohammad. "The Ocean a Nation of People." Southerly, Vol. 79, No. 2, 2021, p.1, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.177901942009611.
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Screaming for the land of broken tribes, of houses destroyed and economic collapse.
Screaming for the land where people are depressed and angry
and pass each other with no greeting.
Screaming for the land where songs are. Poetry. Mohammad. "Screaming for My Beloved Country (Sudan)." Southerly, Vol. 79, No. 2, 2021, p.109, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.177901942009611.
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Five years wake up in the morning, the news fabricated and lies.
Receiving yesterday's news today.
Five years of my life in detention means fifty years for my mother.
Thinking: if your mother has the same heart as mine does..? Poetry. Boush. "Five Years of My Life." Writing Through Fences, 19 February 2018, https://www.writingthroughfences.org/blog-2-2018/.
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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-AYA