A wooden boat carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslims capsized about 16 miles (25 Kilometers) from the coastline of Kuala Bubon beach in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh on Wednesday. Local fishermen rescued six of the refugees and moved them to a temporary shelter. Fortunately, there were no immediate reports of casualties.
The Rohingya, a persecuted minority group from Myanmar, have been fleeing their homeland due to a brutal counterinsurgency campaign by security forces. Around 740,000 Rohingya sought refuge in Bangladesh to escape the violence.
