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View all search resultsRohingya refugees get emergency treatment after boat lands in Aceh
185 Rohingya migrants, including 32 children, land in Pidie.
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ohingya refugees received emergency medical treatment after a boat carrying nearly 200 people came ashore in Indonesia on Monday, authorities said, in the fourth such landing in the country in recent months.
Each year thousands of the mostly Muslim Rohingya, heavily persecuted in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, risk their lives on long, expensive sea journeys, often in poor-quality vessels, in an attempt to reach Malaysia or Indonesia.
The wooden vessel arrived at around 5:30 pm on a beach in the province of Aceh, said police spokesman Winardy.
"One hundred and eighty-five Rohingya immigrants landed in Pidie. The figure consists of 83 adult males, 70 adult females and 32 children," Winardy said in a statement.
The refugees were temporarily sheltered at a local facility, with health workers treating those who were sick, Winardy added.
Some appeared very weak and thin and were put on drips by medical staff, according to AFP journalists.
A health worker told AFP some were "suffering from severe dehydration. Some children were vomiting."
