Refugees to be moved to shelter

In limbo: Newly arrived Rohingya refugees resting on a beach in Sabang island, Aceh province. — AFP

More than 200 Rohingya refugees were huddled on the beaches of a remote Indonesian island after weeks adrift on a wooden boat, as authorities rejected locals’ efforts to push the members of the persecuted Myanmar minority back to sea.

The latest arrivals were part of more than 1,000 desperate and exhausted members of the group who landed on the shores of Aceh province in western Indonesia in the last week.