‘UNWANTED’ MINORITY
A group of rescued migrants mostly Rohingya migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh, passengers of the first migrants boat, are temporarily housed at a government sports auditorium in Lhoksukon in Aceh province on May 11, 2015 after Indonesian rescuers found their boat stranded in waters off north Aceh province, an official said. Four boats carrying some 1,400 Rohingya migrants were rescued off the coasts of Indonesia and Malaysia on Monday, officials said, a day after nearly 600 others arrived in a wooden vessel off Indonesia’s Aceh. AFP PHOTO
A group of rescued migrants mostly Rohingya migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh, passengers of the first migrants boat, are temporarily housed at a government sports auditorium in Lhoksukon in Aceh province on May 11, 2015 after Indonesian rescuers found their boat stranded in waters off north Aceh province, an official said. Four boats carrying some 1,400 Rohingya migrants were rescued off the coasts of Indonesia and Malaysia on Monday, officials said, a day after nearly 600 others arrived in a wooden vessel off Indonesia’s Aceh. AFP PHOTO
KUALA LUMPUR: Nearly 2,000 boat people from Myanmar and Bangladesh have been rescued or swum to shore in Malaysia and Indonesia, authorities said Monday, warning that still more desperate migrants could be in peril at sea.