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View all search resultsIndonesian police and fishermen said Saturday they have begun patrolling parts of the country's westernmost province to prevent Rohingya refugees from landing on its shores, after nearly 1,100 members of the persecuted Myanmar minority arrived this month.
First, they lost their home, then their source of livelihood and clean water. Villagers and officials are scrambling to save Indragiri Hilir in Riau from coastal erosion before the encroaching seawater seizes their lives forever.
Unlike safety of merchant vessels, which is governed by the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), safety of fishing vessels has fallen through the cracks, making it largely unregulated and unmonitored.
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