Jurnal Ilmiah Living Law ISSN 2087-4936 Volume 17 Nomor 1, Januari 2025
by Rohingya refugees in refugee camps
throughout Indonesia are very decent,
even with televisions. The bedrooms
are also furnished with mattresses.
Another benefit is that Rohingya
refugees receive free meals while in the
refugee camp, and the various services
provided by Rohingya refugees have
new implications for Indonesian
society. If we look into it, Indonesia is a
developing country with a large
population and plenty of natural
resources. However, Indonesia today
cannot be separated from the social
problems that plague its people,
particularly socioeconomic issues.
According to the Central Bureau of
Statistics or Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS),
Indonesia's unemployment rate stood
at 7.86 million people in August 2023,
out of a total workforce of 147.71
million. In August 2023, there were 7.86
million unemployed people, equivalent
to an open unemployment rate or
Tingkat Pengangguran Terbuka (TPT)
of 5.32 percent. The adverse effect of
unemployment is to reduce people's
income, which in turn reduces the level
of prosperity that a person has
achieved. The decline in people's
welfare due to unemployment will
certainly increase their chances of being
trapped in poverty because they have
no income. When unemployment in a
country is very bad, political and social
turmoil always prevails and has adverse
effects on people's welfare and longterm economic development prospects.
Furthermore, the Central Statistics
Agency (BPS) reported that the
percentage of poor people in Indonesia
in March 2023 was 9.36%, with a total
of 25.90 million poor people. This also
has an impact on the lack of access to
education, as shown by the Central
Statistics Agency (BPS) in 2022, which
reports that the illiteracy rate in
Indonesia aged 15 to 59 years is only
1.50 percent, or approximately
2,666,859 people. Not only that, but
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according to data released by the
Ministry of National Health in 2023, the
percentage of stunted children has
reached 21.6%. The issue of child
malnutrition in Indonesia encourages
all parties to play a more active role.
If you look at the current condition of
the Indonesian nation, the acceptance of
Rohingya refugees will actually have
new implications for society, especially
in terms of special treatment such as
being given financial assistance of IDR
1.2 million per month. then getting
comfortable flat facilities and getting
free food every time makes social
jealousy occur in the community. Public
opinion regarding special treatment is
the state's effort to build a paradigm of
injustice. If you look at the data above, it
shows a lot of poverty, unemployment,
and malnutrition. Many Indonesians do
not have houses and land, but on the
one hand, the government provides
very adequate facilities for Rohingya
refugees.
The implication of injustice was voiced
in the community considering the
absence of obligations carried out by
Rohingya refugees, who always get
rights. This is different from the
Indonesian people, who must carry out
their obligations to be able to get their
rights. The paradigm or opinion built by
the community is in line with the
opinion of Aristotle, who argues that
justice is an action that is not biased or
impartial, in favor of the right, not
arbitrary. Aristotle defined justice as
the distribution of something in
accordance with its portion and rights.
According to the principles of justice,
Rohingya refugees seeking justice have
an obligation to carry out what is
required by law, such as complying with
the provisions of national law itself;
however, the obligation to comply with
the law has been infringed upon, for
example, by failing to comply with the
norms and customs of the local
community in order to commit the