The Indonesian government has allowed a stranded boat carrying 120 Rohingya refugees near Aceh province to dock, days after it vowed to turn away the boat.
AUTHORITIES will help repair a stranded boat packed with over 100 Rohingya off its coast but will not allow its passengers to seek refuge there and will turn the vessel away, officials said.
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BIREUEN - Indonesian authorities will help repair a stranded boat packed with over 100 Rohingya off its coast but will not allow its passengers to seek refuge in the Southeast Asian country and will turn the vessel away, officials told Reuters on Tuesday (Dec 28). Fishermen spotted the skiff on Sunday, adrift off the coast of Bireuen, a district on.