Jakarta, Aug. 6 -- Transmigration Minister M. Iftitah Sulaiman Suryanagara has invited the International Islamic University of Indonesia (UIII) to involve foreign researchers and students on its campus in efforts to develop transmigration areas in Indonesia.

He said that his ministry has a flagship program, the Transmigration Patriot, which enables students and researchers from within and outside the country to directly explore the potential for development in transmigration areas.

"In the near future, we need researchers from outside the ministry. I am confident that UIII will enrich its perspectives. We also need foreign researchers to provide inputs from various viewpoints," he said during a visit to the UIII campus in Depok, West Ja...