About 250 Rohingya Refugees in Aceh Sent back to sea

The Jakata Post
Friday, November 17, 2023

Newly arrived Rohingya refugees are stranded on a boat after the nearby community decided not to allow them to land after giving them water and food in Pineung, Aceh province on November 16, 2023. (AFP/Amanda Jufrian)

About 250 Rohingya refugees in an overcrowded wooden boat have been turned away from Aceh and sent back to sea, residents said Friday.

Villagers in Indonesia’s Aceh province turn away boat carrying 200-plus Rohingya

Benar News
Pizaro Gozali Idrus
2023.11.16
Jakarta

Rohingya refugees react after reaching the beach by swimming as others are stranded on a boat after villagers decided not to allow them to land but gave them water and food in Bireuen district, Aceh province, Indonesia, Nov. 16, 2023. [Amanda Jufrian/AFP]

 

More than 200 Rohingya reached Indonesia’s Aceh province in a boat on Thursday, bringing the number of new arrivals this week to nearly 600, but villagers in separate locations forced the latest batch to return to sea, officials said.