Since 1975, Indonesia has become a host country for refugees from abroad. More
than ten thousand refugees are in Indonesian territory to date. During the journey
from 1975, it was only in 2016 that Indonesia had a regulation specifically
regulating the handling of refugees from abroad, namely Presidential Regulation
No.125 of 2016 that concerning Handling of Refugees from Overseas. Since the
promulgation of this regulation, there have been some views which consider that
this Perpres is already quite effective, but there are views which assume that this
regulation is also not yet effective enough in handling and providing protection
for refugees. The method used in this study is normative research, which focuses
on positive law, namely Presidential Regulation No.125 of 2016 concerning
Handling of Refugees from Overseas. Based on the data analysis, it can be
concluded that so far the Presidential Regulation on the handling of refugees has
not been effective in providing adequate protection and treatment for refugees
abroad in Indonesia.