Fishermen and Indonesian police begin patrols to intercept Rohingya boats.
Souce thejakartapost.com Fishermen and Indonesian police begin patrols to intercept Rohingya boats. In response to the almost 1,100 arrival of Rohingya refugees this month—a minority group from Myanmar that faces persecution—Indonesian police and fishermen announced on Saturday that they have started patrolling sections of the westernmost province of the nation to stop them from reaching its shores. Every year, thousands of people from the predominantly Muslim minority risk their lives by attempting to enter Malaysia or Indonesia by sea, frequently in rickety boats, from refugee camps in Bangladesh. More than six boats, some of which locals attempted to turn back to sea, brought hundreds of Rohingya people from Bangladesh to Aceh province this month as sailing conditions improved. 36 Rohingya arrived in East Aceh, a regency of over 350,000 people, on Sunday, according to police, who now enforce round-the-clock