Indonesia to push back boat with 120 Rohingya refugees

Indonesian authorities said on Wednesday they will push a boat containing 120 Rohingya Muslims back to international waters despite calls from the United Nations refugee agency to allow the passengers to disembark after being adrift for days off the country’s northernmost province of Aceh. In the Rohingya people’s native Myanmar, a predominantly Buddhist country, the Muslim minority group faces a genocide from the security services. The boat off Indonesia’s Aceh province is reportedly leaking and has a damaged engine, is floating in the open sea in harsh weather, and may be at risk of capsizin…

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