Dozens rescued after Indonesian boat carrying migrants sinks, say officials

Migrants workers sitting on a boat during a rescue operation at sea in North Sumatra water where two people died and 26 others are missing after a ferry carrying dozens of migrants sank off the coast of Indonesia on Saturday (March 19, 2022). - AFP

MEDAN, March 21, 2022 (AFP): Twenty-six passengers reported missing when a fishing boat carrying undocumented migrant workers sank off the coast of Indonesia have been found alive, some after drifting for two days, officials said Monday.

Two of the vessel's 86 passengers, who were seeking work in neighbouring Malaysia, were killed when it capsized Saturday, said Rully Ramadhiansyah, spokesman for the Belawan naval base on Sumatra island.