According to the website of the United Nation's refugee agency (UNHCR), the number of asylum seekers arriving in Indonesia began to increase from 2000 to 2002 after a lull during the late 1990s.
Arrivals then slowed down, but picked up again in 2009. In 2016 and 2017 the number remained relatively stable.
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