Rohingya Boat People Photos

AA
02.01.2024 

Rohingya refugees stranded in Indonesia

NORTH SUMATRA, INDONESIA - JANUARY 01: A number of Rohingya immigrants gather in emergency tents after being stranded at Karang Gading Village in Labuhan Deli, Deli Serdang Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia on January 1, 2024. A total of 147 Rohingya ethnic immigrants were stranded in the waters of Karang Gading Village on Saturday. ( Kiki Cahyadi - Anadolu Agency ) 

Gov't considers humanitarian aspect while handling Rohingya refugees

ANTARA
December 30, 2023 

Rohingya refugees at Aceh Besar. (ANTARA)

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Ministry of Law and Human Rights' Director General of Human Rights, Dhahana Putra, stated that the handling of Rohingya refugees in Indonesia should prioritize universal humanitarian aspects while still considering the interests of local communities.

Navy drives away Rohingya boat

The Star
Indonesia
Saturday, 30 Dec 2023 

A navy vessel in Aceh drove away a boat carrying Rohingya from Myanmar, a military spokesperson said, as growing numbers of would-be refugees from the strife-torn country face hostility from locals.

The wooden boat was encountered in waters near Weh Island, off Sumatra, military spokesperson Nugraha Gumilar said.

Demonization of Rohingya in Indonesia: An Analysis on Social Media Narratives

MODERN DIPLOMACY
Teddy Farhan
December 30, 2023

Recently, the Rohingya issue in Indonesia resurfaced following their arrival on the coast of Aceh, such as Sabang, Pidie, and Bireuen, in mid-November 2023. 

© UNICEF/Patrick Brown

Authors: Teddy Farhan and Alifia N. Sumayya*

Recently, the Rohingya issue in Indonesia resurfaced following their arrival on the coast of Aceh, such as Sabang, Pidie, and Bireuen, in mid-November 2023. The continuous influx of refugees has not been balanced with local resources in Aceh, particularly concerning the overcrowded conditions in the shelters, leading to widespread rejection in the region.

5 more boats packed with refugees approach Indonesia's shores, air force says

INDEPENDENT
Yayan Zamzami,Niniek Karmini
December 21, 2023

Indonesian authorities have detected at least five boats packed tight with Rohingya refugees approaching the shores of Aceh province.

Migration Indonesia Rohingya
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Indonesian authorities detected at least five boats packed tight with refugees approaching shores of Aceh province, officials said Thursday.

At least 5 Rohingya refugee boats detected off Indonesian coast

FOX NEWS
December 21, 2023 

Muslim-majority Indonesia is a common destination for refugees fleeing Burmese oppression

 

Indonesian authorities detected at least five boats packed tight with refugees approaching shores of Aceh province, officials said Thursday.

The boats are the latest in a surge of vessels that have arrived in Aceh, most carrying Rohingya refugees from southern Bangladesh, where the persecuted Muslim minority fled in 2017 following attacks by the military in their homeland of Burma.

Helping the abandoned Rohingya

The Jarkarta Post
Editorial board (The Jakarta Post) Jakarta
Mon, December 18, 2023

Newly arrived Rohingya refugees wait to board trucks to move to a temporary shelter after villagers rejected their relocated camp in Banda Aceh, Aceh, on Dec. 11, 2023. Some of the more than 300 Rohingya refugees who arrived on the western coasts of Indonesia on Dec. 10 were transferred to a temporary shelter during the visit of a United Nations representative. (AFP/Chaideer Mahyuddin)

The central government must help the people and government of Aceh deal with the ongoing influx of Rohingya refugees and, if necessary, take over their humanitarian burden. The beleaguered Rohingya, our Southeast Asian neighbors, have fled their homes and shelters to escape systematic ethnic cleansing and seek a better future. 

Tensions rise as two more boats with over 300 Rohingya land in Indonesia

Aljazeera
10 Dec 2023

Since November, more than 1,500 refugees have arrived in Indonesia’s Aceh province, triggering anger among the locals.

 A Rohingya woman rests on a beach following her arrival in Blang Raya, Pidie, Aceh province, Indonesia [Reuters]

 

Over 300 Rohingya refugees have arrived on the coast of Aceh province in Indonesia after weeks of drifting across the sea from Bangladesh.

The emaciated survivors – children, women and men – told of running out of supplies and of fearing death at sea as they landed on the unwelcoming shores of the villages of Pidie and Aceh Besar in the pre-dawn hours of Sunday morning.

About 400 Rohingya land in Indonesia, adds to surge of recent arrivals

Reuters
December 10, 2023 

Rohingya Muslims rest on a beach after they land in Blang Raya, Pidie, Aceh province, Indonesia, December 10, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer Acquire Licensing Rights

JAKARTA, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Dilapidated boats carrying an estimated 400 ethnic Rohingya arrived in Indonesia's Aceh province on Sunday, chief of a provincial fishing community has confirmed, adding to a recent surge of Myanmar's Muslim minority arriving in the country.

Indonesia: Rohingya arrivals exhausting local villages

DW
Arti Ekawati
December 8, 2023 

Rohingya asylum-seekers arriving on Sabang island in Aceh province before being reloacted to campsImage: Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP

Zuhara Bagem, a Rohingya asylum-seeker who arrived with his family in Indonesia's Aceh province at the end of November, was relieved when the boat was allowed to land at Bireuen beach.

"If he had stayed on that boat for another one or two days, my children would probably have died. We had not eaten anything for ten days," Zuhara told DW.

Indonesia suspects human trafficking is behind the increasing number of Rohingya refugees

AP
By EDNA TARIGAN and RAHMAT MIRZA
December 8, 2023  

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s government blames a surge in human trafficking for the increasing number of Rohingya Muslims that have entered the country over the past few weeks, the Indonesian president said Friday.

Indonesia president suspects human trafficking behind increased Rohingya arrivals

REUTERS
December 8, 2023 

Rohingya Muslim refugees rest at a port warehouse that is used as temporary shelter, in Sabang, Aceh province, Indonesia, December 8, 2023. REUTERS/Riska Munawarah Acquire Licensing Rights

Young Rohingya leave Bangladesh camps for university dream

the japan times
By Agnes Anya
AFP-Jiji
Dec 4, 2023

Rohingya refugee Abdur Rahaman at a temporary Indonesian immigration shelter in Lhokseumawe, in Aceh province. | AFP-Jiji

Lhokseumawe, Indonesia –

Muhammed Hasson said a painful goodbye to his parents in a refugee camp in Bangladesh before embarking on a dangerous sea journey, refusing to let Myanmar's crackdown six years ago on Rohingyas like him crush his dream of attending university.

Aceh Villagers Refuse Entry to Rohingya Refugees

JAKATA GLOBE
Taufik Kelana
December 3, 2023

Newly-arrived ethnic Rohingya women, part of a group who was denied landing a few times by local residents, rest at a temporary shelter in Bireun, Aceh province, Indonesia Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. Almost 1,000 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar have arrived by boat in Indonesia

Sabang. Residents of a secluded village in Aceh, the westernmost province of Indonesia, declined entry to 139 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar on Sunday.

The refugees, consisting mostly of women and children, reached the coastal area of Ie Meulee village in Sabang on Saturday.

However, they found themselves stranded on the beach as local residents resisted their arrival, preventing them from moving further into residential areas.

Rohingya refugees reach Indonesia shores in latest boat arrival

ALJAZEERA
2 Dec 2023 

Newly arrived Rohingya refugees rest at a beach on Sabang island in Indonesia's Aceh province. [Chaideer Mayhuddin/AFP]

More than 100 Rohingya refugees, including women and children, have landed in Indonesia’s westernmost province, officials say, but locals have threatened to push them back out to sea.

Hundreds more of the mostly Muslim refugees from Myanmar were trapped on board another two unseaworthy vessels adrift in the Andaman Sea, the office of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Saturday.

Why Rohingya refugees choose Indonesia as a safe haven

Dhaka Tribune
Deutsche Welle
Publish : 02 Dec 2023

Rohingya Muslims walk through waters after they are temporarily allowed by locals to land in Ulee Madon beach, in Indonesia on November 16, 2023. Photo: Reuters

An increasing number of Rohingya refugees are leaving the crowded camps of Cox’s Bazar, making the 1,800-kilometer sea crossing south to Indonesia in rickety boats.

Indonesian police and fishermen said last week they have begun patrolling parts of Aceh province, on the northwestern tip of Sumatra, to prevent the landing of refugee boats. Over 1,000 Rohingya have arrived last month, the largest number since 2015.

Refugees escape Cox's Bazar

DW
December 3'2023

However, life has remained difficult for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, as they lack food, security, education, and work opportunities in the crowded camps.

A report by Human Rights Watch published this year said criminal gangs and affiliates of Islamist armed groups were causing fear at night in the refugee camps in Cox's Bazar.

A 19-year-old Rohingya refugee who recently arrived in Aceh province with her family told the AFP news agency that criminals in Cox's Bazar threatened her and her family every day, and she paid over $1,800 (€1,640) for the boat journey to Indonesia.

Gangs, extortion in Bangladesh camps driving Rohingya sea exodus

FRANCE 24
Issued on: 27/11/2023

Lhokseumawe (Indonesia) (AFP) – Holding his son's hand in a temporary shelter in Indonesia, Rohingya Mohamed Ridoi says he made the dangerous 12-day sea journey from massive refugee camps in Bangladesh to escape the pervasive threats of kidnapping, extortion and murder. 

Rohingya refugees say they fled escalating brutality in the camps in and around Cox's Bazar, which hold more than one million people © ZIKRI MAULANA / AFP 

The 27-year-old said he was starting a "peaceful life" in a temporary shelter in Indonesia's western Aceh Province, where more than 1,000 Rohingya people have arrived this month, the largest such influx since 2015.

Office of the Special Envoy Engagements with Myanmar Stakeholders Jakarta, 20-22 November 2023

Ministry of foreign Affairs of Republic of Indonesia
Friday, 24/November/2023

Jakarta (22/11) – Continuing the process undertaken as the ASEAN Chair 2023, the Office of the Special Envoy on Myanmar has organised a meeting attended by major stakeholders of Myanmar to push forward the implementation of the Five-Point Consensus (5PC) and work towards the convening of inclusive dialogues for a comprehensive and durable political solution to the crisis in Myanmar.

UN expert: Support Rohingya refugees following Indonesia

Dhaka Tribune
UNB
Publish : 23 Nov 2023,

File photo of Rohingyas. Photo: Dhaka Tribune

A UN expert on Thursday called for a regional emergency response to the growing number of desperate Rohingya refugees who continue to arrive in Indonesia in overcrowded vessels, as conditions in refugee camps in Bangladesh continue to deteriorate, where food rations have been significantly cut.