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Indonesia rescues 20 Muslim Rohingya adrift off Aceh

Suspected Rohingya people sit on the ground as they arrive in Idi Rayeuk, East Aceh on December 4, 2018. – About 20 men believed to be Rohingya landed in Indonesia, authorities said, the latest batch of the vulnerable minority to come ashore in the world’s biggest Muslim majority nation. (Photo: ILYAS ISMAIL/AFP/Getty Images)

By: Keerthi Mohan

A boat carrying 20 Rohingya Muslim men landed in Indonesia on Tuesday (4), authorities said. The men were rescued by Indonesian fishermen after their boat was found adrift off Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh. Most of the men are aged between 14 and 28, with one of them aged 50. “They are Rohingya from Myanmar. We asked them where they were heading and they said they were going to Malaysia,” Idi Rayeuk district navy commander Razali, who goes by one name, told AFP. “Maybe it’s because of the currents that they’ve landed here instead.” According to reports, some 300 Rohingya…

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