Third batch of around 200 Rohingya arrive in Indonesia's Aceh

Rohingya refugees arriving in Aceh, Indonesia, on Nov 16, 2023. — AFP

JAKARTA (Reuters): Around 200 Rohingya reached the shores of Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday (Nov 16), the head of the provincial fishing community said, the third boat to arrive in as many days and taking total arrivals over this period to about 600.

Many members of the ethnic Rohingya Muslims, a persecuted minority in Myanmar, have for years boarded rickety wooden boats to escape to Muslim-majority Bangladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia, as well as Thailand.