Boat with 69 Rohingyas reach Andaman and Nicobar Islands

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Rohingya refugees’ boat runs aground in Indonesia’s Aceh province

Refugees were initially blocked by local residents from landing, but have now been taken to temporary shelters. More than 70 Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar have arrived at a tourist beach in Indonesia’s Aceh province. Local police chief Nova Suryandaru said a wooden boat carrying 40 men, 32 women and four children ran aground in Pereulak region in East …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Activists alarmed by plans to hand reclusive Indian island tribe voter IDs

The Independent

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Two boats with more than 260 Rohingya refugees arrives in Indonesia’s coast

Associated Press

LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia — More than 260 weak and hungry Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, have landed in Indonesia in two boats, officials said Monday. Indonesia has appealed for help from the international community following a sharp rise in the number of Rohingya leaving the overcrowded refugee camps in Bangladesh since last year. On Saturday, Malaysian authorities said they turned …

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Malaysia turns away two boats carrying around 300 Rohingyas

Op India

Two boats believed to be carrying around 300 Rohingya Muslims were reportedly turned away by Malaysian authorities on Saturday. The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement confirmed that it had prior intimation about two boats trying to enter their territory. Therefore, the Malaysian authorities provided food supplies and drinking water before turning the boats away. “The MMEA provided assistance, including food and clean …

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Malaysia turns back boats carrying 300 M

Hindustan Times

KUALA LUMPUR, - Malaysia's coast guard escorted away from its waters two boats carrying almost 300 undocumented Myanmar migrants found in a state of exhaustion for lack of food and water, a top agency official said. Malaysia turns back boats carrying 300 M Authorities gave the migrants food supplies and clean drinking water after the boats were discovered on Friday …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Great Nicobar project: Shipping Ministry proposes cruise terminal, high-end tourism infra

The Hindu

An international cruise terminal to facilitate a “global” port-led city, “high-end” tourism infrastructure, and a ship-breaking yard are among the new additions to the ₹72,000 crore mega-infrastructure project in Great Nicobar Island proposed by the Union Shipping Ministry, according to letters accessed by this writer. Apart from the cruise terminal, the Shipping Ministry has also sought 100 acres of land …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Malaysia shuts doors on boats carrying nearly 300 Myanmar migrants

Firstpost

Malaysia, a Muslim-majority nation, has been a common destination for Rohingya refugees. However, the country does not officially recognize refugee status, and those intercepted are often placed in detention centres The Rohingya have faced decades of persecution and, after a 2017 crackdown by the military. Reuters Malaysia expelled two boats carrying nearly 300 undocumented migrants from Myanmar after they entered …

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Malaysia turns away 2 boats with nearly 300 Rohingya refugees after dozens landed on island

Associated Press

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysian authorities said Saturday that they have turned away two boats carrying nearly 300 people believed to be Muslim Rohingya refugees who were found to have entered the country illegally. The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency said that it had information that two more boats were attempting to enter the country after a boatload of 196 Rohingya …

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3 months ago

Sri Lanka rescues 102 people believed to be Rohingya refugees from adrift fishing trawler

The Independent

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3 months ago

Sri Lanka Navy rescues over 100 Rohingya adrift in the Indian Ocean

Al Jazeera

The 102 refugees, including 25 children, were taken to Sri Lanka’s eastern port of Trincomalee. More than 100 Rohingya refugees from war-torn Myanmar have been rescued while adrift on a fishing trawler off the Indian Ocean island nation by Sri Lanka’s navy, bringing them safely to port. The 102 people, including 25 children, were taken to Sri Lanka’s eastern port …

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3 months, 1 week ago

A nuanced and compassionate understanding of Rohingya’s flight is the need of the hour

The Hindu

The presence of Rohingya community within India is progressively becoming an issue of political blame-game and some political actors are busy pedalling mass anxiety without factoring in the complex multiplicity of vectors related to the issue, including the growing importance of the issue globally. They have accused the ruling National Conference government of protecting the settlers by providing them with …

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4 months ago

Coast Guard seizes 5,500 kg of drugs in Andaman waters in 'biggest ever haul'

India Today

The Indian Coast Guard seized around 5,500 kg of drugs from a Myanmarese fishing boat on Sunday, which was its biggest ever drug bust. Apart from the prohibited drug, methamphetamine, the Coast Guard also recovered a portable satellite phone from the boat named ‘Soe Wai Yan Htoo’. The JOC deployed an ICG Fast Patrol Vessel, ICG Ship Aruna Asaf Ali, …

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4 months ago

Family urges TN govt to expedite efforts to trace fisher who went missing after boat collided with submarine

New Indian Express

KANNIYAKUMARI: With three days passing since a Kanniyakumari-based fisherman went missing in the sea after a fishing boat allegedly collided with a Navy submarine off the Goa coast, the fisher's family members urged the authorities concerned to expedite efforts to trace him. Sources said J Jenish Mon from Kottilpadu had ventured into the sea on a boat 'Marthoma' from the …

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5 months ago

Hundreds of Rohingya Arrive in Indonesia's North Sumatra and Aceh

Hindustan Times

About 146 Rohingya have landed in Indonesia's North Sumatra and Aceh provinces, marking the second wave of arrivals within a week. The boats carrying the refugees arrived in the Deli Serdang area of North Sumatra, with all of them surviving and being temporarily accommodated in a local administration office.

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5 months ago

About 140 Rohingya Muslims on wooden boat off Indonesia's coast as residents refuse to let them land

The Independent

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

A Mega Infrastructure Project on India’s Great Nicobar Island Spells Devastation

The Diplomat

Despite strong opposition from environmentalists and anthropologists, the Indian government is pressing ahead with plans for a $9 billion infrastructure project in Great Nicobar Island, situated at the southern end of India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands. A proposed deep draft container transshipment terminal is planned for Great Nicobar Island’s Galathea Bay. With the Indian government promising to make Great Nicobar …

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9 months ago

The ‘impossible’ life of Myanmar’s Rohingya refugees

Al Jazeera

Amin thinks it was about a month before they arrived in Malaysian waters. It was the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Malaysia had locked down and sealed its borders, but the people smugglers were hoping that the virus would quickly die down and border control would relax, Amin said. “We were like skeletons.” Amin said that there were …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

‘They tortured us': Rohingya survivors of fatal capsize say captain raped girls, purposely sank boat

Associated Press

MEULABOH, Indonesia — The boat glided across waters that were dark and still, under a night sky that was cloudless and calm. “If you don’t come to us,” the captain shouted, “then we will capsize this boat!” What happened next would force N and the other Rohingya on board into yet another battle for survival. Ethnic Rohingya refugees board a …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Rohingya mark Eid in Indonesia limbo after treacherous sea voyage

Hindustan Times

At a damaged temporary shelter in western Indonesia, Rohingya men slick their hair with gel while women apply make-up and colourful hijabs to look the part for prayers at the start of Eid-al-Fitr festivities. Men, women and children unfolded mats by tent shelters for a sombre morning prayer at the start of the Muslim holiday, with some mothers drawing henna …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Port Blair: Inter-island flight connectivity to Shibpur, Car Nicobar in Andaman to start in July

Hindustan Times

The construction of terminal buildings at Shibpur in North Andaman and Car Nicobar in Nicobar has been completed to enhance inter-island connectivity, with flight operations expected to commence in July, an official said on Monday. Port Blair: Inter-island flight connectivity to Shibpur, Car Nicobar in Andaman to start in July A 19-seater fixed-wing aircraft will operate between Port Blair-Shibpur and …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Explained: Why are Rohingya refugees risking their lives at sea

The Hindu

The story so far: The dramatic rescue of dozens of Rohingya refugees from the Indian Ocean last week after a wooden boat with nearly 150 on board capsized off the Indonesian coast has once again drawn attention to the plight of the refugees who are increasingly embarking on dangerous sea journeys to seek a better life. As per the United …

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1 year ago

Bodies of 3 Rohingya refugees are found dead as Indonesia ends rescue for capsized boat

The Independent

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1 year ago

Bodies of three Rohingya found as Indonesia ends rescue for capsized boat

Al Jazeera

The bodies of three Rohingya refugees have been found in open waters off Indonesia’s Aceh province, says the provincial search-and-rescue agency as authorities end a search for survivors from a capsized boat. They are allegedly Rohingya refugees who were the passengers of the capsized and sunken boat,” Al Hussain, chief of Banda Aceh Search and Rescue Agency, said in a …

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1 year ago

Indonesia's rescue of Rohingya refugees at sea is a reminder of an ordeal that began in Myanmar

Associated Press

BANGKOK — A dramatic story of survival and rescue off the western coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province has put the spotlight again on the plight of ethnic Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar who make extremely dangerous voyages across the Indian Ocean to seek better lives. For Rohingya refugees living in squalid refugee camps in Bangladesh, escaping across the seas might …

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1 year ago

Weeping, weak and soaked, dozens of Rohingya refugees rescued after night on hull of capsized boat

Associated Press

MEULABOH, Indonesia — An Indonesian search and rescue ship on Thursday located a capsized wooden boat that had been carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslim refugees, and began pulling survivors who had been standing on its hull to safety. “We managed to evacuate all 69 people and no one stated that anyone had died.” Rohingya refugees rescued from their capsized boat …

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1 year ago

At least 69 Rohingya refugees rescued after boat capsizes off Indonesia

Al Jazeera

Those rescued include 42 men, 18 women and nine children after boat capsized off the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province. Medan, Indonesia – At least 69 Rohingya refugees have been rescued after a wooden boat with an estimated 150 people on board capsized off the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province. Amiruddin, a fishing community leader in the Aceh Barat district …

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1 year ago

A wooden boat carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslim migrants capsizes off Indonesia's coast

The Hindu

A wooden boat carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslims capsized off Indonesia’s northernmost coast on Wednesday. Amiruddin, a tribal fishing community leader in Aceh Barat district, said the survivors indicated that the boat was sailing east when it started leaking and then strong currents pushed it toward the west of Aceh. The petition challenging Rohingya refugees’ ‘illegal detention’ in India | …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Out of options, Rohingya are fleeing Myanmar and Bangladesh by boat despite soaring death toll

Associated Press

SYDNEY — Across a treacherous stretch of water, the Rohingya came by the thousands, then died by the hundreds. Last year, nearly 4,500 Rohingya — two-thirds of them women and children — fled their homeland of Myanmar and the refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh by boat, the United Nations’ refugee agency reported. “Southeast Asian waters are one of the deadliest …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Out of options, Rohingya are fleeing Myanmar and Bangladesh by boat despite soaring death toll

The Independent

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1 year, 2 months ago

Rohingya refugees in Indonesia still hope for a better future

Al Jazeera

Pidie, Indonesia – In December, Abdul Karim boarded a wooden boat from Bangladesh with his wife and two sons, with aspirations for a better life for the whole family. “We only came here for a better future for our children.” Abdul’s family had taken shelter in Bangladesh, along with hundreds of thousands of Rohingya from Myanmar, due to the 2017 …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Andaman and Nicobar welcomes tourists with extended beach hours, access to uninhabited islands

Hindustan Times

The Andaman and Nicobar administration has taken numerous initiatives to attract more tourists to the archipelago, including granting access to uninhabited islands, allowing beaches to remain open till late night and reaching out to more airline operators, a top official said. Andaman and Nicobar welcomes tourists with extended beach hours, access to uninhabited islands Speaking to PTI, Chief Secretary Keshav …

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1 year, 2 months ago

More Rohingya refugees arrive in Indonesia despite rejection from locals

Associated Press

MEDAN, Indonesia — Nearly 150 Rohingya refugees, mostly hungry and weak women and children, have reached a beach in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province after weeks at sea, officials said Sunday. “But many residents cannot accept them to live in our village because they will only bring problems later.” He said that one of the refugees told authorities that they sailed …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Rohingya refugees reaching Indonesia by boat pushed back to international waters

Live Mint

Indonesia's navy Thursday claimed that it forcibly pushed a boat packed with Rohingya refugees back to international waters after the vessel approached the shores of Aceh province. The Indonesian navy said a coast guard vessel detected a boat carrying Rohingya refugees entering Indonesia's waters on Wednesday. The world's largest island country recently appealed to the international community for help and …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Indonesia’s navy pushes a boat suspected of carrying Rohingya refugees out of its waters

Associated Press

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s navy said Thursday that it forcibly pushed a boat packed with refugees back to international waters after the vessel approached the shores of Aceh province. The province that forms part of Sumatra island has seen an increasing number of arriving boats, most carrying Rohingya refugees from southern Bangladesh. The Indonesian navy said a coast guard vessel …

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1 year, 3 months ago

‘Many more could die’: Urgent plea for Rohingya refugees trapped at sea

Al Jazeera

At least one passenger on a boat carrying 185 refugees has died, with dozens more in ‘critical condition’, warns UNHCR. Fears are growing for scores of Rohingya refugees believed to be stranded at sea in the Indian Ocean, after a boat they set off in from Bangladesh saw its engine fail. “Many more could die under the watch of numerous …

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1 year, 3 months ago

United Nations urges rescue of 185 Rohingya adrift in Indian Ocean

Hindustan Times

The United Nations called Saturday for the urgent rescue of 185 people, mainly women and children, on a distressed boat last heard to be near the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean. -- AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023 -- Thousands of the mostly Muslim Rohingya, heavily persecuted in Myanmar, undertake risky sea journeys from Myanmar and refugee …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Eyewitnesses reveal first clues about fate of 200 Rohingya refugees in boat that vanished weeks ago

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

5 more boats packed with refugees approach Indonesia’s shores, air force says

Associated Press

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Indonesian authorities detected at least five boats packed tight with refugees approaching shores of Aceh province, officials said Thursday. Indonesia intensified patrols of its waters after a sharp rise in Rohingya refugees arriving since November, said Aceh’s Air Force Base Commander Col. Yoyon Kuscahyono. He said air patrols detected at least five boats Wednesday entering Indonesian …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Rohingya refugees return to the sea

Hindustan Times

IN RECENT WEEKS wooden boats from Bangladesh have been turning up off Aceh, the Indonesian province on the tip of Sumatra, 1,000 nautical miles away. They are packed with Rohingya refugees, previously resident in the Kutupalong camp complex in south-eastern Bangladesh. This year the World Food Programme has cut rations for each Kutupalong inhabitant from a value of $12 a …

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1 year, 3 months ago

As more Rohingya arrive by boat, Indonesia asks the international community to share its burden

Associated Press

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Indonesia said Tuesday it is appealing to the international community for help after more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees have arrived on its shores by boat since November. But the growing hostility of some Indonesians toward the Rohingya, who come from refugee camps in Bangladesh, has put pressure on President Joko Widodo’s government to take action. He …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Rohingya Muslims in Indonesia struggle to find shelter. President says government will help for now

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

Rohingya Muslims in Indonesia struggle to find shelter. President says government will help for now

Associated Press

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — His face showed exhaustion, restlessness, and confusion. Two boats carrying two groups of more than 300 Rohingya Muslims, including emaciated women and children, reached Indonesia’s northernmost Aceh province on Sunday. Since November, more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees have arrived by boat in Indonesia’s Aceh province. Ann Maymann, a UNHCR official who was in Banda Aceh, told …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Over 300 Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar arrive in Indonesia’s Aceh region after weeks at sea

Associated Press

ACEH BESAR, Indonesia — Two boats carrying more than 300 Rohingya Muslims, including emaciated women and children, arrived at Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh on Sunday morning after being adrift for weeks. One boat, which had been at sea for about one and a half months and carrying 135 people, arrived at a beach in Lamreh village in Aceh Besar …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Tensions rise as two more boats with over 300 Rohingya land in Indonesia

Al Jazeera

Since November, more than 1,500 refugees have arrived in Indonesia’s Aceh province, triggering anger among the locals. That’s all we want for our children.” On Sunday evening, Aceh Besar’s acting regent Muhammad Iswanto said the refugees were transferred to a temporary shelter during the visit of a United Nations representative. The local government in Pidie said earlier it would not …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Indonesia suspects human trafficking is behind the increasing number of Rohingya refugees

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

2 boats adrift in the Andaman Sea with 400 Rohingya aboard desperately need rescue, UN says

Associated Press

BANGKOK — An estimated 400 Rohingya Muslims believed to be aboard two boats adrift in the Andaman Sea without adequate supplies could die if more is not done to rescue them, according to the U.N. refugee agency and aid workers. The number of Rohingya Muslims fleeing by boats in a seasonal exodus — usually from squalid, overcrowded refugee camps in …

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1 year, 3 months ago

UN warns that 2 boats adrift in the Andaman Sea with 400 Rohingya aboard desperately need rescue

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

Aboard 2 ships adrift at sea, 400 Rohingya are ‘looking death in the eye,’ U.N. says

LA Times

An estimated 400 Rohingya Muslims believed to be aboard two boats adrift in the Andaman Sea without adequate supplies could die if more is not done to rescue them, according to the United Nations refugee agency and aid workers. “There are about 400 children, women and men looking death in the eye if there are no moves to save these …

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1 year, 3 months ago

UN warns that 2 boats adrift in the Andaman Sea with 400 Rohingya aboard desperately need rescue

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

More than 100 Rohingya refugees land in Indonesia: officials

The Hindu

More than 100 Rohingya refugees including women and children landed in Indonesia's westernmost province on Saturday, officials said, but locals were threatening to push them back to sea. The arrival comes after more than 1,000 Rohingya refugees landed in Aceh last month, the biggest wave of Rohingya refugee arrivals in Indonesia since 2015, according to the United Nations refugee agency. …

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