BANDA ACEH: More than 150 Rohingya refugees, together with girls and youngsters, have been rescued off the coast of Indonesia after their boat remained at sea for days, the UN company mentioned on Friday (25 October). for refugees (UNHCR).
The Rohingya, a predominantly Muslim ethnic group, are closely persecuted in Myanmar and hundreds of individuals threat their lives yearly on lengthy and harmful sea journeys to succeed in Malaysia or Indonesia.
The boat carrying 152 folks remained anchored 1.6km off the coast of southern Aceh district for days as authorities determined whether or not to allow them to disembark, however they had been ultimately introduced ashore on Thursday afternoon.
“UNHCR wish to thank native authorities and communities for his or her humanitarian spirit and life-saving efforts, in addition to for the touchdown permits granted to round 152 refugees,” Faisal Rahman of UNHCR informed AFP on Friday.
“Many of the folks on board the boat had been weak girls and youngsters, victims of human trafficking,” he mentioned, including that UNHCR and different humanitarian companies had been now aiding the refugees.
Rohingya arrivals in Indonesia are inclined to comply with a cyclical sample, slowing throughout stormy months and selecting up when sea circumstances calm, as in latest weeks.
Another group of greater than 140 Rohingya refugees landed in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province on Thursday.
