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Boat with ‘dehydrated and exhausted’ Rohingya refugees lands in Aceh
[BenarNews] Dozens of "dehydrated and exhausted" Rohingya refugees — all males — landed on the coast of Aceh Besar regency in Indonesia on Christmas Sunday after being at sea for about a month, local officials said.The FB Tarikul Islam 2, the boat carrying the 57 men, sprang a leak and its engine broke down, Aceh provincial police front man Winardy said. The wooden boat came ashore at Indra Patra beach in Ladong, a village in Aceh Besar. "They were forced to land and rest in Ladong because the boat’s hull was leaking and they ran out of food," Winardy told BenarNews. Posted by: trailing wife 2022-12-26 |
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