Rohingya refugees Boat with 185 land in Aceh
A boat with 185 Rohingya refugees landed on the shores of Indonesia's Aceh province yesterday, a local disaster agency official said, following hundreds who arrived late last year fleeing desperate conditions in refugee camps in Bangladesh.
Over half of those who arrived around 2:30 p.m. Sunday were women and children, Ridwan Jamil, head of Aceh Besar disaster agency, told Reuters.Photos Ridwan shared showed the refugees sitting in groups and lying down on the sand.
Hundreds of Rohingya have reached Aceh in the past few months, including a boat that washed ashore carrying 174 in late December.