Hundreds of Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants have been rescued by fishermen off the coast of Indonesia.
Local officials said more than 370 migrants، including at least 50 women and children، had been at sea for weeks and were starving and dehydrated.
One of the rescued migrants، Ubaydul Haque، told the Associated Press they had been at sea for four months، that their engine was not working and that the captain had fled.
“We ran out of food، we wanted to enter Malaysia but we were not allowed.”
The stand-off has left thousands of Bangladeshi economic migrants and Rohingya Muslims – fleeing persecution in Myanmar – stranded at sea. An unknown number have died and those still on boats are living in poor conditions with little food and water.
Source: BBC / AP