New Life For Evacuees At Seroei. Rice pickers working in the fields at Seroei. At Seroei Japen Island in Netherlands New Guinea evacuee Indonesians work with the Papuans in the rice 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 of immense value in the rehabilitation of the Indies. March 29, 1945. (Photo by Netherlands Indies Government Information Service).