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Hundreds of Rohingya refugees set sail from Bangladesh
Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on November 24, 2023
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 migrations that has seen more than 1,000 asylum seekers arrive on Indonesian shores. This month has seen a spike in journeys to Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh -- a journey...
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Published on November 26, 2023 - 02:15
Rohingya refugees detained after attempting migration journey to Indonesia
Bangladesh police officers stop 58 Rohingya refugees from attempting a sea crossing to Indonesia, after hundreds attempted the journey the previous week. Thousands of members of the predominantly Muslim minority risk their lives each year by making the sea journey from refugee camps in Bangladesh, often in flimsy boats, to try to reach Malaysia or Indonesia. Bangladesh is home to one million Rohingya refugees, most of whom fled a violent crackdown by the Myanmar military in 2017 that is now the subject of a United Nations genocide investigation.