Galang Refugee Camp

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Galang Refugee Camp is situated in Galang Island, Riau Islands, Indonesia to accommodate Indochinese Refugees from 1979 to 1996. The camp was closed seven years after the Comprehensive Plan of Action was adopted. Most boat people who arrived in Galang were transferred from other islands like Natuna, Tarempa, Anambas. Galang has many facilities and offices like camp administration (P3V) office, PMI (Red Cross Hospital) and UNHCR offices/staff premises. Many non-government organisations like Save the Children and Écoles Sans Frontières also opened their schools in the camp. Most refugees stayed in wooden long houses or makeshift accommodation. Their main activities in the camp were to study English and other languages or vocational skills while waiting for the result of the procedure to determine their refugees status and resettlement in other countries.