In photos: Hundreds of Rohingya refugees arrive in Indonesia after fleeing conflict in Myanmar
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.
A Newly arrived Rohingya refugee walks to the beach after the local community decided to temporarily allow them to land for water and food in Ulee Madon, Aceh province, Indonesia.AMANDA JUFRIAN/AFP/Getty Images
Around 200 Rohingya reached the shores of Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday.AMANDA JUFRIAN/AFP/Getty Images
The latest group of Rohingya refugees landed in Aceh’s Bireun region in the afternoon and comprised mostly of women and children.AMANDA JUFRIAN/AFP/Getty Images
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.AMANDA JUFRIAN/AFP/Getty Images
Newly arrived Rohingya refugees are stranded on a boat as the nearby community decided not to allow them to land after providing water and food in Pineung, Aceh province.AMANDA JUFRIAN/AFP/Getty Images
Around 200 Rohingya reached the shores of Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday.AMANDA JUFRIAN/AFP/Getty Images
A newly arrived Rohingya refugee lies on the sand after the nearby community decided not to allow them to land but gave them water and food in Pineung, Aceh province.AMANDA JUFRIAN/AFP/Getty Images
A man gives water to a newly arrived Rohingya refugee after he swam to the beach in Pineung, Aceh province.AMANDA JUFRIAN/AFP/Getty Images
Rohingya refugees wait to be transferred to a shelter in Batee beach, Aceh province, Indonesia.AFP Contributor#AFP/Getty Images
Rohingya refugees queue for breakfast following their arrival at a makeshift shelter in Padang Tiji, Indonesia's Aceh province.CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP/Getty Images
The seat reserved for Myanmar's head of delegation, right, is left empty during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Defence Ministers' Meeting Plus in Jakarta, Indonesia.Willy Kurniawan/The Associated Press
A Rohingya refugee bathes his child following their arrival at a makeshift shelter in Padang Tiji, Indonesia's Aceh province.CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP/Getty Images
Newly-arrived Rohingya refugee holding a child gestures after arriving at Batee beach, Aceh province, Indonesia,AFP Contributor#AFP/Getty Images
A local fisherman's boat (R) tows the boat of newly arrived Rohingya refugees to land on the beach in Pineung, Aceh province.AMANDA JUFRIAN/AFP/Getty Images