Over 200 Rohingya arrive in Indonesia
Indonesian authorities say 264 Rohingya minority Muslims have come ashore in the country's Aceh province. Local police say two boats carrying the refugees were discovered on Sunday. They were sent on Monday to a shelter run by UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency.
Boats with over 260 Rohingya refugees arrive in Indonesia
More than 260 weak and hungry Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, have landed in Indonesia in two boats, officials said on Monday. Police and military officers are working with the UN refugee agency and the local government in West Pereulak in East Aceh to gather more information about the refugees,
Two boats with more than 260 Rohingya refugees arrives in Indonesia’s coast
More than 260 weak and hungry Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, have landed in Indonesia in two boats.
More than 260 Rohingya refugees arrive in western Indonesia
More than 260 Rohingya refugees, including women and children, arrived in Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh after floating at sea for days, an official said on Monday. The mostly Muslim ethnic Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar and thousands risk their lives each year on long and dangerous sea journeys to reach Malaysia or Indonesia.
Over 200 Rohingya arrive by boat in Indonesia over weekend, official says
More than 200 Rohingya came ashore over the weekend in Indonesia's Aceh province, an official said on Monday, amid growing numbers of arrivals by sea of the stateless population in the Southeast Asian country.
More than 260 Rohingya refugees arrive in Aceh
Some Acehnese say their patience have been tested, claiming the Rohingya consume scarce resources and occasionally come into conflict with residents.
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