Some died of sickness. Others of dehydration.
But after more than a month adrift on the Andaman Sea without much food, medicine or a working engine, nearly 200 Rohingya reached western Indonesia’s Aceh province after their overcrowded, rickety wooden boat finally reached shore on Monday.
“Some people died in the boat. Around 26 people. We threw them out to the sea,” said Rasyit, an exhausted-looking refugee. The group in Aceh said after Malaysia refused to allow them to dock, they spent weeks waiting for the wind to buffet them ashore.“We left Bangladesh after 10 days our rations finished,” said 14-year-old Umar Faruq, who was travelling without any family. “The engine broke down after seven days. Malaysia didn’t let us arrive.”“We were at sea one month and 10 days.”
With few opportunities for jobs and education in the camps, and no chance of returning to junta-run Myanmar, thousands embark on high-risk sea journeys, often on makeshift boats.
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