More than 130 Rohingya have arrived in the Indonesian province of Aceh in the latest refugee wave. For years, the Rohingya have been fleeing Myanmar, where they have been subjected to abuse and deprived of citizenship.
They often travel on rickety boats to escape poor conditions there, or from camps in neighboring Bangladesh. Some go to Indonesia and Malaysia between November and April, when the seas are calmer. The Rohingya people face some racist campaigns; in December 2023, a group of university students stormed a conference center housing hundreds of Rohingya, demanding their deportation.