For six days, a group of refugees in Indonesia have maintained a protest in front the offices of the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR in five cities - Jakarta, Makassar, Tanjung Pinang, Batam and Surabaya.
The refugees from the Middle East have been living in detention centres and in some cases on the streets.
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Funding from Australian government to the UN refugee agency, the International Organisation of Migration (IOM), to assist those in detention centres has dried up, , who is also a member of the Indonesian Refugees and Asylum Seekers Network (JAPPSI).
Last month, the number of protesters outside the UNHCR officers in central Jakarta approached 1000, prompting Indonesia's speaker of the House of Representatives to issue a message to Australia.
Bambang Soesatyo told the that Australia should not avoid its responsibilities as a Refugee Convention member country to accept refugees in transit in Indonesia, a non-convention country.
'We are isolated, marginalised in Indonesia'
Refugees involved in the protests were from Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia, Myanmar, Iran and Iraq.
Afghan refugee JN Jonaid said his six years in Indonesia have been frustrating and exhausting.
"We are frustrated and exhausted due to this unending waiting game of resettlement, confined in an open prison and effectively denied their fundamental human rights, such as the right to work, right to education, and right to movement," he said.
"We are demanding a solution from both local and international government–resettlement to third countries and legal integration in Indonesia. Indonesia is not a signatory to the UN refugee convention, and we are isolated from the rest of Indonesian society and kept marginalised."
He said refugees registered with the UN before March 2018 received a monthly allowance of (A$100) a month from the IOM. But those who not registered "are completely destitute and sleep on the streets".
March 2018 marks the date when the Australian government for any refugees or asylum seekers who were newly arriving beyond that date. That has left 5,000 refugees in Indonesia without any formal assistance.
Australia urged to do more
Under a bilateral agreement between Australia and Indonesia, the Indonesian government has agreed to intercept and detain asylum seekers bound for Australia.
As Indonesia is not a member of the Refugee Convention, the country's officials refer asylum seekers to the IOM for case management who can then refer them onto the UNHCR to make asylum claims. As an intergovernmental body, the IOM receives funding from governments, including the Australian government.
