1 day ago · A rickety wooden boat carrying more than 100 Rohingya Muslims landed Wednesday in Indonesia as the northernmost province of Aceh continued to receive the refugees fleeing persecution and political unrest in Myanmar. ... An Acehnese man uses his mobile phone to take photos of a boat carrying Rohingya refugees stranded on Beach in Peureulak, Aceh ...

Dec 31, 2023 · MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) — Nearly 150 Rohingya refugees, mostly hungry and weak women and children, have reached a beach in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province after weeks at sea, officials said Sunday.

Dec 12, 2023 · BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia said Tuesday it is appealing to the international community for help after more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees have arrived on its shores by boat since November. Indonesia once tolerated such landings while Thailand and Malaysia pushed them away.

Jan 16, 2024 · Indonesian authorities should immediately stop all pushbacks of boats containing ethnic Rohingya refugees, and investigate and end all assaults on refugees, Human Rights Watch said today.

1 day ago · More than 70 Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar have arrived at a tourist beach in Indonesia’s Aceh province. Local police chief Nova Suryandaru said a wooden boat carrying 40 men ...

Apr 25, 2024 · Increasing insecurity and restrictions in camps in Bangladesh are driving growing numbers of stateless Rohingya refugees to board smugglers’ boats. Rohingya refugees arrive in Ulee Madon in Indonesia's Aceh Province in November 2023 after completing the dangerous crossing from Bangladesh.

Dec 7, 2023 · Ms Fatoum is among 1,087 Rohingyas who arrived in Aceh in November. Indonesia's most westerly province currently hosts about 1,200 Rohingya refugees, nearly half of whom are children,...

Feb 16, 2023 · Indonesia currently hosts 12,805 refugees from 51 countries, and around 1,000 people (8%) of whom are Rohingya refugees. The situation of Rohingya refugees is of concern to all countries in the region.

Dec 26, 2022 · A boat carrying more than 180 Rohingya asylum seekers which has been drifting without power for weeks has been allowed to land some of the passengers in the Indonesian province of Aceh.

Dec 11, 2023 · Myanmar's Rohingya face a wave of hostility and rejection in Indonesia, where regional communities say they are fed up of a spike in the numbers of boats carrying the persecuted ethnic...