
Galang Island is an island with an area of approximately 80 km ². Galang Island is an island in the municipality of Batam, Riau Islands province which is a series of three large islands connected by six bridges Barelang. The island is famous because of the Vietnamese refugee camps that occurred on a large scale in the year 1979 - 1996, or often known as the man canoe. The island is a concern by the UN and the international community since then. Galang refugee camps is now a tourist attraction and historical city of Batam, because it is relatively close to the island of Batam (about 7 miles).During the period of 7 years, the agency UNHCR, the...