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South Asia News: At least two more boats carrying hundreds of Rohingya refugees set sail from Bangladesh this week, a monitoring group said, the latest in a wave of mi

COX’S BAZAR: At least three boats carrying hundreds of Rohingya refugees set sail from Bangladesh this week,...

Three boats filled with more than 500 Rohingya refugees landed in Indonesias westernmost province on Sunday, a UN agency said, in one of the biggest arrivals since Myanmar launched a military crackdown on the minority group in 2017.

One of the people-smuggling boats, with 249 aboard, had been pushed back to sea twice since Nov. 16.

The mostly Muslim Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar and Sunday marked one of their largest landing since 2017

Three boats filled with more than 500 Rohingya refugees landed in Indonesias westernmost province on Sunday, a UN agency said, in one of the biggest arrivals since Myanmar launched a military crackdown on the minority group in 2017.

Three boats filled with more than 500 Rohingya refugees landed in Indonesia's westernmost province on Sunday, a UN agency said, in one of the biggest arrivals since Myanmar launched a military crackdown on the minority group in 2017.The latest arrivals mean more than 800 refugees have landed in Aceh province this week alone, after 196 arrived on Tuesday and 147 on Wednesday, according to local officials.

500 Rohingya refugees land in Indonesia

The mostly Muslim Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar, and they risk their lives on long sea journeys to try to reach Indonesia.

Nearly 250 Rohingya refugees arrived off the coast of Aceh province on Thursday but locals told them not to land