Jan 6, 2025 · The Rohingya minority face widespread discrimination in Myanmar and most are denied citizenship. Indonesia has appealed for help from the international community following a sharp rise in the number of Rohingya leaving the overcrowded refugee …

Dec 12, 2023 · The Muslim Rohingya are largely denied citizenship rights in Buddhist-majority Myanmar and face widespread social discrimination. Most of the refugees leaving by sea attempt to reach Muslim-majority Malaysia in search of work.

Dec 11, 2023 · Police in the city of Lohkseumawe, where there is a camp for Rohingya Muslim refugees, arrested three Aceh residents for alleged human trafficking. They were charged with taking 1.8 million rupiah (about $115), to smuggle 30 refugees from the camp to the city of Medan in North Sumatra province, said Henki Ismanto, the Lhokseumawe police chief.

Oct 31, 2024 · Six people have died as nearly 100 Rohingya landed by boat in Indonesia’s Aceh province in the latest wave of arrivals from Myanmar in recent days.

Jan 6, 2025 · LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia (AP) — More than 260 weak and hungry Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, have landed in Indonesia in two boats, officials said Monday.

Jun 20, 2024 · The 22-year-old Rohingya refugee makes about 2,400 Malaysian ringgit ($510) a month, which he uses for his daily expenses and to pay off a 10,000 Malaysian ringgit ($2,123) debt...

The arrivals of the Rohingya group in Lhokseumawe. On December 29, 2021, the Head of the National Refugee Task Force released an official statement to the press that the Government of Indonesia would bring the boat with Rohingya refugees ashore in the name of humanity.

Oct 24, 2024 · Lhokseumawe, the second largest city in Aceh, is more than 100 miles (160 kilometres) away, where other Rohingya refugee arrivals are staying in temporary shelters. Indonesia is not a signatory to the UN refugee convention and says it cannot be compelled to take in refugees from Myanmar, calling instead on neighbouring countries to share the ...

Jan 28, 2021 · Just 112 refugees remain at the makeshift camp in Lhokseumawe. They are feared to have enlisted traffickers to help them cross the Malacca Strait into Malaysia.

Nov 21, 2023 · Sabang (Indonesia) (AFP) – More than 200 Rohingya refugees were relocated from the beaches of a remote Indonesian island Wednesday after weeks adrift on a wooden boat, as authorities rejected...