Indonesian fishermen rescued 116 Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, on Saturday after their boat sank off the coast of Aceh province, according to a local daily. Jakarta Globe reported that the group had fled Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar refugee camp, hoping to reach Indonesia or Malaysia.

More than 100 of the Rohingya refugees were rescued after their boat sunk of the northeastern coast of Sumatra island.

More than 100 Rohingya refugees including women and children have been rescued after their boat sank off the coast of Indonesia, the Uni

About 1 million predominantly Muslim Rohingya live in Bangladesh as refugees from Myanmar. They include about 740,000 who fled a brutal campaign in 2017 by Myanmar’s security forces, who were accused of committing mass rapes and killings. The Rohingya ...