Indonesian fishermen have been ordered to leave desperate migrants on
overcrowded boats and let them drown rather than rescue them.
Thousands of ethnic Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Burma and
Bangladeshis looking for work in wealthier nations are believed to be
stranded in the Andaman Sea after neighbouring countries closed their
borders to them.
Indonesia has banned citizens from rescuing migrants after more than 700
people were saved by local fisherman from a sinking boat off Aceh last week.
The authorities said that local fishermen could deliver food and water to the
boats if they wished but that bringing people
http://www.information.myanmaronlinecentre.com/fishermen-ordered-to-let-boat-people-die/
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