Desperate Rohingya mark Aidil Fitri while in limbo in Indonesia


Rohingya refugees embracing each other after taking part in Aidil Fitri prayers a shelter in Padang Tiji, Indonesia's Aceh province on March 31, 2025. - AFP

SIGLI, Indonesia: Rohingya refugee Abdul Aziz was in high school when he first fled to Indonesia, but four years on, he remains in limbo, desperately missing home at the start of Aidil Fitri festivities.

The 19-year-old, and thousands like him, languish at temporary shelters in the western Aceh province, after escaping squalid conditions in a refugee camp in Bangladesh.

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