New Life for Evacuees at Seroei - Evacuees picking rice in the fields at Seroei. At Seroe, Japan Island, in Netherlands New Guinea evacuee Indonesians work with the Papuans in the rice and tobacco fields They train in the hospitals and learn industries and crafts under the guidance of NICA - Netherlands Indies Civil Administration In Seroei called " a little bit of Java" because of its similarity to that island men and women of the Netherlands East Indies are finding peace and the training they are receiving will be immense value in the rehabilitation of the Indies. March 29, 1945. (Photo by Netherlands Indies Government Information Service).