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

About 250 Rohingya refugees in Indonesia sent back to sea - World - JAKARTA: About 250 Rohingya refugees crammed onto a wooden boat have been turned away from western Indonesia and sent back to sea, residents said Friday. The g...

About 250 Rohingya refugees in an overcrowded wooden boat have been turned away from western Indonesia and sent back to sea, residents said Friday. The group from the persecuted Myanmar minority arrived off the coast of Aceh province on Thursday but angry locals told them not to land the boat. Some refugees then swam ashore and collapsed from exhaustion on the beach.

Amid concerns about trafficking and a lack of resources to accommodate yet more people fleeing, some villagers gave out supplies and repaired the persecuted minority’s boat after desperate passengers tried to sink it.

Nearly 250 Rohingya refugees have been turned away from western Indonesia and sent back to sea.