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Indonesian police, fishers start patrols to stop Rohingya boats
3 years agoRohingya refugees queue with their belongings at a beach in the Sabang island of Aceh province, Indonesia on November 22, 2023, as they are relocated by Indonesian authorities. - More than 200 Rohingya refugees were relocated from the beaches of a remote Indonesian island on November 22, after weeks adrift on a wooden boat, as authorities rejected locals' efforts to push the members of the persecuted Myanmar minority back to sea. (Photo by Chaideer MAHYUDDIN / AFP)
Indonesian police and fishermen said Saturday they have begun patrolling parts of the country's westernmost province to prevent Rohingya refugees from landing on its shores, after nearly 1,100 members of the persecuted Myanmar minority arrived this month.