About 400 Rohingya land in Indonesia, adds to surge of recent arrivals

Rohingya Muslims rest on a beach after they land in Blang Raya, Pidie, Aceh province, Indonesia, December 10, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Dilapidated boats carrying an estimated 400 ethnic Rohingya arrived in Indonesia's Aceh province on Sunday, chief of a provincial fishing community has confirmed, adding to a recent surge of Myanmar's Muslim minority arriving in the country.

Prior to Sunday's arrivals, the United Nations' refugee agency (UNHCR) said that 1,200 Rohingya people, a persecuted minority from Myanmar, had landed ashore in Indonesia since November.