INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
officials said.The group of 58 men arrived on Indrapatra beach at Ladong, a fishing village in Aceh Besar district, said local police chief
Villagers who saw the group of Rohingya on a rickety wooden boat helped them to land and then reported their arrival to authorities, he
others as they waited for further instructions from immigration and local officials in Aceh.At least three of the men were rushed to a
health clinic for medical care, and others were receiving medical treatment, Away said.The UN and other groups on Friday urged countries in
south Asia to rescue as many as 190 people believed to be Rohingya refugees on a small boat adrift for several weeks in the Andaman Sea.A
boat aground on Indra Patra beach in Ladong village, Aceh province, Indonesia that arrived carrying dozens of Rohingya refugees
where the group was traveling from or if they were part of the aforementioned group of 190 Rohingya refugees
One of the men who spoke some Malay said they had been at sea for more than a month and had aimed to land in Malaysia to seek a better life
and work there.More than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled from Buddhist-majority Myanmar to refugee camps in Bangladesh since August 2017,
when the Myanmar military launched a clearance operation in response to attacks by a rebel group
Myanmar security forces have been accused of mass rapes, killings and the burning of thousands of homes.Groups of Rohingya have attempted to
leave the crowded camps in Bangladesh and travel by sea in hazardous voyages to other Muslim-majority countries in the region.Malaysia has
been a common destination for the boats, and people smugglers have promised the refugees a better life there
the UNHCR said a 2016 presidential regulation provided a national legal framework governing the treatment of refugees on boats in distress
near Indonesia and help for them to disembark.Indonesian police officers watch a group of Rohingya people who landed on Indra Patra beach in
Ladong village, Aceh province, Indonesia
Photograph: Rahmat Mirza/APThese provisions have been implemented for years, most recently last month when about 219 Rohingya refugees,
many in the world are preparing to enjoy a holiday season and ring in a new year, boats bearing desperate Rohingya men, women and young
This article first appeared/also appeared in theguardian.com
