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6 dead as boat bring almost 100 Rohingya gets here in Indonesia

6 people have actually died as almost 100 Rohingya landed by boat in Indonesia's Aceh province, a local fishing neighborhood said on Thursday, in the latest wave of arrivals to the Southeast Asian nation in current days.

Miftach Tjut Adek, chief of the neighborhood, told Reuters that the 96 arrivals, consisting of seven children, were still at the local beach in the eastern part of Aceh on Sumatra island.

There is no service yet, they are still at the beach, stated Miftach.

About 300 Rohingya came ashore last week in Indonesia's Aceh and North Sumatra provinces. The United Nations' refugee agency UNHCR has gotten in touch with Indonesia's government to guarantee their security.

UNHCR was providing aid to the Rohingya together with local authorities, a representative in Indonesia stated.

Between October and April, when the seas are calmer, many Rohingya Muslims leave Myanmar on rickety boats for Thailand, Muslim-majority Indonesia, Malaysia and Bangladesh.

The Rohingya leave Buddhist-majority Myanmar, where they are regarded as foreign trespassers from South Asia and are rejected citizenship and subjected to abuse.

Over 2,000 Rohingya arrived in Indonesia last year, UNHCR information revealed, more than the combined overall of arrivals in the previous four years. Some of them dealt with rejection in Indonesia as locals grew annoyed by the deluge of arrivals.

(source: Reuters)