In the span of a month between mid-November and mid-December of 2023, nine boats carrying 1,543 Rohingya disembarked in Aceh, Indonesia. It was the largest number of arrivals since the so-called 2015 Andaman Sea Crisis. Indonesia, and particularly local communities in the province of Aceh, was once heralded for its open and welcoming approach to … Read more
More than 200 people protested yesterday in western Indonesia against the continued arrival of Rohingya refugees by boat, claiming that the sudden influx of people threatens to overwhelm local communities. More than 1,500 Rohingya civilians, seeking to escape the heaving, unsanitary, and crime-ridden refugee camps of southern Bangladesh, have washed up on Indonesia’s shores since … Read more
While the world has its eyes on the ongoing war in Palestine, Indonesia has been facing a small crisis of its own with the arrival of nearly 900 Rohingya refugees to the country’s Aceh Province over the past week. The conservative province, which is a special autonomous region and the only part of Indonesia to … Read more
More than 500 Rohingya civilians came ashore in Aceh province in western Indonesia yesterday after weeks at sea, the latest in a wave of new Rohingya arrivals from southeastern Bangladesh. According to reports by Reuters and BenarNews, which cited local officials and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), three vessels containing up to … Read more