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Smugglers Drive Rohingya Exodus to Indonesia

Initially accepting, villagers are turning against the refugees

Dec 18, 2023
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By: Ainur Rohmah
Indonesians try to force boat back to sea. Photo from AFP

The massive humanitarian crisis that is the Rohingya people who are being forced out of Myanmar by ethnic cleansing is finding its way south to the shores of Indonesia, with more than 1,500 refugees over the past month dropped in Aceh, Indonesia's westernmost province, by smuggling…

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