Local people and authorities in Aceh province aid 58 men after UN had urged countries in the region to rescue 190 adrift on small boat
A man lies on the ground as he waits for medical treatment after landing on Indra Patra beach in Ladong village, Aceh province, Indonesia.A man lies on the ground as he waits for medical treatment after landing on Indra Patra beach in Ladong village, Aceh province, Indonesia.Dozens of hungry and weak Rohingya Muslims were found on a beach in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh on Sunday after weeks at sea, officials said.
At least three of the men were rushed to a health clinic for medical care, and others were receiving medical treatment, Away said. Away said it wasn’t clear where the group was traveling from or if they were part of the aforementioned group of 190 Rohingya refugees. One of the men who spoke some Malay said they had been at sea for more than a month and had aimed to land inMore than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled from Buddhist-majority Myanmar to refugee camps insince August 2017, when the Myanmar military launched a clearance operation in response to attacks by a rebel group.
Although Indonesia is not a signatory to the UN’s 1951 refugee convention, the UNHCR said a 2016 presidential regulation provided a national legal framework governing the treatment of refugees on boats in distress near Indonesia and help for them to disembark.
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