In case you haven’t heard about this part of the world, here’s some background to this news:
“West Papua is the western half of the island of New Guinea, bordering the independent nation of Papua New Guinea.
West Papua is home to over 250 diverse tribes, all speaking their own unique languages with unique cultures.
Over the last fifty years Indonesia has carried out a social engineering project on a massive scale by relocating hundreds of thousands of people from across Indonesia to live in camps cut into the forests of West Papua. This program of transmigration has long been heavily criticised and has brought problems for both the indigenous population and transmigrants alike. As a result the population of West Papua in 2010 was around 3.5 million people, with an estimated split of almost 50% Papuan and 50% non-Papuan.”
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In case you haven’t heard about this part of the world, here’s some background to this news:
“West Papua is the western half of the island of New Guinea, bordering the independent nation of Papua New Guinea.
West Papua is home to over 250 diverse tribes, all speaking their own unique languages with unique cultures.
Over the last fifty years Indonesia has carried out a social engineering project on a massive scale by relocating hundreds of thousands of people from across Indonesia to live in camps cut into the forests of West Papua. This program of transmigration has long been heavily criticised and has brought problems for both the indigenous population and transmigrants alike. As a result the population of West Papua in 2010 was around 3.5 million people, with an estimated split of almost 50% Papuan and 50% non-Papuan.”
Source https://www.freewestpapua.org/info/about-west-papua/
Free West Papua 👊
A place where you need 24hr armed guards, the place is heavily corrupt and the poor populace have been used and abused
Why is Indonesia displacing local people and replacing them with foreigners? Not sure the Papuans appreciate that