318,531
edits
m
→Emigration from Indonesia
| Line 52: | Line 52: | ||
== Emigration from Indonesia == | == Emigration from Indonesia == | ||
"Indonesian diaspora" refers to any ethnic in Indonesia living outside of their homeland. The majority of Indonesian expatriates live in '''Malaysia, the U.S., Japan, the U.A.E., Australia, and the Netherlands''', esp. South '''Moluccans''', a predominantly Christian ethnic group found asylum and religious freedom by the thousands in the '''Netherlands''' since the 1950s. | '''"Indonesian diaspora"''' refers to any ethnic in Indonesia living outside of their homeland. The majority of Indonesian expatriates live in '''Malaysia, the U.S., Japan, the U.A.E., Australia, and the Netherlands''', esp. South '''Moluccans''', a predominantly Christian ethnic group found asylum and religious freedom by the thousands in the '''Netherlands''' since the 1950s. | ||
*Over a million '''Minangkabau people''' live outside of Indonesia, mainly in '''Malaysia and Singapore''', but they recently joined the Indonesian emigration to '''Australia, China, Europe, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines'''. | *Over a million '''Minangkabau people''' live outside of Indonesia, mainly in '''Malaysia and Singapore''', but they recently joined the Indonesian emigration to '''Australia, China, Europe, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines'''. | ||
*In the Dutch colonial era, vast numbers of '''Javanese''' were sent to other Dutch colonies as '''coulies'''. Most of them were sent to '''Suriname, New Caledonia, and East Sumatra'''. | *In the Dutch colonial era, vast numbers of '''Javanese''' were sent to other Dutch colonies as '''coulies'''. Most of them were sent to '''Suriname, New Caledonia, and East Sumatra'''. | ||