INDONESIA: BNI Provides Business Loans for Indonesian Diaspora

Posted by Asia Views | Feb 10, 2025 | 0 |

JakartaGlobe-Feb 10

Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) has launched a loan program aimed at supporting Indonesian diaspora entrepreneurs who operate businesses abroad. BNI Corporate Secretary Okki Rushartomo announced on Sunday that the bank has disbursed loans to 20 Indonesian-owned businesses, including restaurants, cafés, and minimarkets across several countries. He didn’t disclose the amount to the diaspora loans. The loans were facilitated through BNI’s overseas branches in Hong Kong, Tokyo, London, New York, Seoul, and Singapore.

Meanwhile, in Singapore, beneficiaries include Dapur Van Java and Staple Food.

“In Hong Kong, two borrowers have already fully repaid their loans. We hope that more Indonesians take the opportunity to establish businesses and create new job opportunities for the diaspora,” Okki said.Beyond the restaurant and café sector, BNI has also provided financing for Indonesian-owned minimarkets, such as Toko Indonesia Rista and JKM Christy in Hong Kong, and AlbarMart in Seoul. Additionally, BNI’s Hong Kong branch has extended a capital loan to Surya Trading, a business-matching company that helps Indonesian snack producers expand into the Hong Kong market. “Surya Trading is a great example of how we are helping Indonesian micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) reach the global market,” Okki added. Read more at:

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Indonesia urgently needs to revisit the possibility of repatriating the neediest of its young citizens stranded abroad, whose families had earlier joined ISIS. Most of these children are in camps in northern Syria but there are also small numbers in the Philippines, Afghanistan and Iraq. “Extricating Indonesian Children from ISIS Influence Abroad”, the latest report from the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) argues that the government could begin by bringing back small groups of unaccompanied children under ten years of age, who pose minimal security risk and are most vulnerable to deteriorating conditions in the camps.“The problem is that health and security conditions are worsening by the day in the Syrian camps, and the children are growing older,” says Dyah Kartika, IPAC analyst. “They need access to schools, a nurturing environment, and medical attention. If the government waits too long, the children will be further exposed to ISIS ideology.” The new report examines a 2019 list of Indonesians in camps and prisons run by the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The Indonesian government has been trying to verify their citizenship, but with pseudonyms, misspellings and bad transliterations, it is a daunting task. At the time the data was collected, between March and June 2019, there were 555 Indonesians in SDF camps and prisons, including 367 children. Among the children, approximately 277 were under the age of ten and 34 were unaccompanied. In June 2021, there are fewer than ten children who are both unaccompanied and under the age of ten that could be prioritized for return. Bringing back children of ISIS families is no easy task. The report analyses the main challenges faced by the Indonesian government. These include definitional issues, bureaucratic competition, the difficulty of verifying nationality, evaluating the toll of exposure to conflict, assessing security risk, and finding relatives or others willing to provide care once the children are returned. In addition, COVID has meant stringent restrictions on travel, placing further obstacles in the way of repatriation. There are several models for rehabilitation of children exposed to violent extremism in Indonesia that could be modified to accommodate the needs of children repatriated from abroad. The report examines these models and argues that the government does not need to have every detail of rehabilitation programs in place before it starts extricating children from ISIS influence. It can start by bringing back the most vulnerable children and then modify programs as needed.

“It’s important that the government see these children as victims” says Dyah. “They deserve a chance to be children again.”

INDONESIA: BNI Provides Business Loans for Indonesian Diaspora

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