Sheer desperation: A file photo of Rohingya refugees standing on their capsized boat as rescuers throw a rope to them off West Aceh on March 21. Police say the latest group of around 50 arrived by boat in the Langkat area of North Sumatra. — AP
Around 50 Rohingya Muslims have arrived in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, an official at the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said, the latest wave of arrivals who have drawn a sometimes hostile reception in the South-East Asian country.
UNHCR is coordinating with its local partners and authorities to gather more details on the group – who appeared to be made up of women and children – and to organise aid, senior communications assistant Yanuar Farhanditya said on Thursday.
