Through the transmigration program, which since 1969 includes migration to Papua, about half of the 2.4 million inhabitants of Indonesian Papua are born in Java. intermarriage is increasing and the offspring of trans-migrants have come to see themselves as "Papuan" over their parents' ethnic group.
Melalui program transmigrasi, yang sejak 1969 termasuk migrasi ke Papua, sekitar setengah dari 2,4 juta penduduk Papua Indonesia lahir di Jawa, meskipun perkawinan meningkat dan keturunan transmigran berdatangan yang tetap melihat diri mereka sebagai "Papua" kelompok etnis orang tua mereka.