Rohingya refugees receive emergency medical treatment after a boat carrying 200 people people He came ashore in Indonesia on Monday, authorities said, in Fourth such drop in Country in recent months.
All year thousands of The Rohingya, who are mostly Muslims, are severely persecuted in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, risk their lives on long, expensive Cruises – often in Poor quality ships – in Try to get to Malaysia or Indonesia.
The wooden ship arrived at about 5:30 pm (1030 GMT). on Beach in The westernmost province of Indonesia of Aceh, said local police spokesman Winardi. The number of Rohingya immigrants has reached 185 in Live with my hand. The figure includes 83 males, 70 females and 32 females childrenWinardi reported, who passes one Noun, in Declaration.
The refugees were temporarily housed in a local facility, with The health workers who treat them who They were fine, Winardi added.
Some looked very weak and thin and put on on Dripped by medical staff, according to AFP correspondents. Some of them are “severely dehydrated,” a health worker told AFP children They were vomiting.”
details on length and conditions of Their journey was not immediate availableBut one young He said they have access set off From Bangladesh. “We come from a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh in Hoping that Indonesia will give us the opportunity of He said 14year- Omar Farouk.
Marvian, Cmdr of Local catch community on The scene Shortly after the refugees arrived, he said, “Some of the refugees landed in “When the conditions were poor,” Marvian said on On the shore, local residents helped them with food.”
Notice that in In recent years, some fishermen in Aceh have helped Rohingya boats return to shore, however latest The boat was carried to land by the wind, as the fishermen became more reluctant to help.
Winardi stressed that the authorities are coordinating the refugee response “given their landing in became Aceh more frequent.”
Boat landing on Monday in Aceh came a day after another ship carrying 57 Rohingya refugees washed ashore in Province after a month at sea. In November, two boats carrying A.J total of 229 Rohingya landed in The same province, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Relatively wealthy Malaysia is a favorite destination for Refugees, but a lot of land first in Indonesia with a Muslim majority more welcome.
UN agencies and human rights groups called on States in the region for urgent help After it was reported that several boats carrying Rohingya had gone awry for weeks in Indian Ocean. The UNHCR said over At the end of the week some 180 Rohingya arrived at sea for He dreaded weeks dead After their relatives said they had lost contact and assumed it was nothing on board It was survived.
