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

Rohingya women and children wait to be transported to a temporary shelter, as they arrive in Pidie Regency, Aceh province, Indonesia, November 14, 2023. REUTERS/Riska Munawarah/File Photo

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Around 200 Rohingya reached the shores of Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday, 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.