Seeking refuge: Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency officials boarding one of several seized boats which carried Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants at a naval base in Langkawi.
JAKARTA: A boat carrying hundreds of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh has been towed out of Indonesian waters, said a navy spokesman, but it remains unclear where the vessel is destined next.
The vessel arrived off Aceh early Monday with about 400 migrants on board, local authorities estimated, one of a series of vessels to arrive in Indonesia and Malaysia in recent days carrying people from Myanmar and Bangladesh.
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