The Papuans a Minority on their Own Land Now

Transmigration of objective aspect is how to distribute the population in a country that leads the public welfare distribution , usually the target area is the area - a large area and small population .

Lure - lure a better life and prosperity into the main attraction for the migrants , which in their new areas migrate .

Positive value that can be gleaned from this program if it is carried out in a way and a system that is going to happen right skill transfer process of the migrants to locals , to the absolute requirement coming soon is that those who have been through the stages of skills training in the area in the Central Transmigration respectively - each .

Ask the UN Special Monitoring Centre to Papua

Socrates Yoman and Benny Giay

Jayapura - Two church leaders in Papua vocals respectively, Pdt. Socratez and Rev. Sofyan Yoman. Dr.. Beny Giay, met the Dutch ambassador Tjeerd de Zwaan accompanied by the Deputy Head of Political Division of the Embassy of the Netherlands, Maarten Van Den Bosch. 

The meeting lasted for two hours from 18:00 CET until 20:00 CET on Swissbelt Hotel, Jayapura, on Tuesday (2/7) evening.

Opinion: Why is West Papua closed to foreign journalists?

Socrates Sofyan Yoman

By:  Socratez Sofyan Yoman

Earlier this year I had a meeting with a friend who is a foreign journalist in Jakarta. During our conversation which lasted almost an hour, I asked him. ‘When are you planning to visit Papua to get information directly from there?’ My friend said: ‘We are not permitted by the Indonesian government to visit Papua. I have made several requests to visit Papua but the government has turned down all my requests.’ So I asked him: ‘Why are they not allowing you to visit Papua’ to which he replied: ‘The Indonesian government always says that it is not possible to guarantee the safety of foreign journalists in Papua. The OPM could kidnap or kill them.’