HUMAN SECURITY FOR BORDER SOCIETY: A CASE STUDY AT WARIS COMMUNITY AT THE BORDERS OF RI-PNG

Abstract

This research is aimed to explain the border society situation at Waris District, which is located remote from government services. This condition reflects a threat on human security at the borders in Keerom regency, Papua, which is directly bordering Papua New Guinea (PNG). This research uses qualitative research method, in which it explains the human security threat in education and health at Waris District, which borders PNG. The education and health improvement and development for Waris community are organized through the provision infrastructure such as: the number of schools, teachers, community health centres. These are the indicators for the education and health improvement and development in the border region. The outcome of this research is a reference for the government in border region management in the sectors of education and health, as an effort to minimise human security threat for the Waris community at the borders between RI-PNG.

Keywords

• Human Security
• Border Society
• Waris
• Indonesia
• Papua New Guinea