Boat carrying 58 Rohingyas reached Indonesia

A boat carrying 58 Rohingyas reached Indonesia: After engine failure, it was stuck in the sea for a month, and the wind brought it to the shore

Dec 26, 2022 - 21:58
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Boat carrying 58 Rohingyas reached Indonesia

58 Rohingya stranded in the sea for a month reached the Indrapatra coast of Indonesia on Sunday. The local people took them off the boat and informed the authorities. According to the BBC report, the engine of his wooden boat had broken down.
Being trapped in the sea, these people had become hungry and weak. Three people were taken to the hospital for treatment. However, it is not yet clear whether these are the same Rohingya who was stranded in the sea near Andaman for weeks.
A boat full of Rohingyas reached the beach of Aceh Besar district on Sunday morning after being swept away by the wind. He told that he had been wandering in the sea for a month. According to Indonesian officials, these refugees will be temporarily kept in government housing.
Last week news came out that a boat carrying more than 150 Rohingyas was stranded near Andaman. The boat had also developed a fault due to which it was wandering in the sea for two weeks. The people sitting in the boat had also run out of food and water. On December 25, the UN expressed the possibility of the boat sinking into the sea.
Millions of Rohingya refugees live in refugee camps in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar city, but they are not allowed to pursue higher education and employment there. There is strict control over their coming and going. So many Rohingya try to go to Southeast Asia illegally by sea. The number of such Rohingyas has increased in the last months.
Myanmar army massacred Rohingyas in 2018. They were mass murdered and raped. After this, more than 7 lakh Rohingyas had gone to the neighbouring country Bangladesh after saving their lives. Where they have to live in dirty refugee camps.
Still every year many Muslim minority Rohingyas try to leave Myanmar risking their lives. These people sit in dilapidated boats and try to go to other countries by sea.

Muskan Kumawat Journalist & Writer