Rohingya Refugee Boat Lands in Indonesia after Month at Sea
They have been drifting at sea for a month.
BANDA ACEH, KOMPAS.com \- A broken-down boat carrying 57 Rohingya refugees landed on Indonesia's western coast on Sunday, Dec. 25, after a month at sea, police said. Thousands of the mostly Muslim Rohingya, heavily persecuted in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, risk their lives each year on long, expensive sea journeys – often in poor-quality vessels – in an attempt to reach Malaysia or Indonesia. The wooden vessel with 57 men on board arrived around 08:00 am local time on a beach in the westernmost Aceh province, local police spokesman Winardy told AFP. "The boat had a broken engine and it was carr...