The boat got here ashore in Ujong Pie village, a day after a picket vessel with 57 Rohingya landed in one other a part of Aceh.
Not less than 185 Rohingya refugees have landed in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh after drifting at sea for weeks, police and rights activists stated.
The boat got here ashore in Ujong Pie village on Monday, a day after a picket vessel with 57 Rohingya individuals landed in one other a part of Aceh on Christmas Day.
“The group consists of 83 grownup males, 70 grownup ladies and 32 youngsters,” stated Aceh police spokesman Winardy, who goes by one identify, in an announcement.
A video shared by an area resident confirmed the Rohingya, together with youngsters, mendacity on the seashore, visibly weak and exhausted.
The UN refugee company UNHCR has stated the variety of Rohingya endeavor such harmful journeys by boat had elevated six-fold this yr, in contrast with 2021. It urged governments within the area to maneuver swiftly to rescue them.
On Tuesday, the UN stated at the least 20 Rohingya have died at sea in current weeks.
Multiple million Rohingya Muslims have fled persecution in Buddhist-majority Myanmar since 2017, most of them nonetheless languishing in dozens of refugee camps in neighbouring Bangladesh.
Rights teams have recorded a major improve within the quantity leaving the camps, from about 500 final yr to an estimated 2,400 this yr. It isn’t clear what’s driving the bigger exodus.
Some activists consider the lifting of COVID restrictions round Southeast Asia, a favoured vacation spot for the Rohingya, may very well be an element.
Earlier this month, Sri Lanka’s navy rescued 104 Rohingya, whereas Thai authorities saved six others who had been discovered clinging to a floating water tank.