Newly arrived Rohingya refugees return to a boat after the local community decided to temporarily allow them to land for water and food in Aceh province, Indonesia, on November 16. (AFP)

About 250 Rohingya refugees reach Indonesia’s west on decrepit boat

About 250 desperate Rohingya refugees reached western Indonesia on a decrepit, overcrowded wooden boat Thursday, bringing the total number reported by local officials to have arrived this week to nearly 600.

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