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More Than 100 Rohingya Refugees Arrive in Indonesia after Month at Sea
More than 100 Rohingyas, the persecuted mainly-Muslim minority in Myanmar, were rescued on Sunday by fishermen and locals in the northern province of Aceh on the Indonesian island of Sumatra after being adrift for almost a month.
The 114 Rohingyas, most of them men and children, arrived in a small boat on the shores of Aceh at 3 am on Sunday after leaving Myanmar 26 days ago, Reza Maulana, director of the local NGO Geutanyoe Foundation, which operates in Aceh, confirmed to EFE.
The Rohingya refugees have been temporarily housed in a mosque in the Alu Buya Pasi village while local authorities decide where to move them.
The NGO demands that the authorities set up an action plan for the reception of refugees and send healthcare workers permanently to Aceh, a semi-autonomous province in northwestern Indonesia governed by the Islamic Sharia law and the usual point of arrival.
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