Arakan News Agency
The Indonesian navy has rescued another 200 asylum seekers off the coast of Aceh, the ABC is reporting, after more than 700 were rescued by fishermen the same day.
Major General Fuad Basya told the ABC the 200 asylum seekers were seen in the water by fishermen on Friday morning and the navy sent a ship to the area to pick them up.
As the United Nations warned of a “massive humanitarian disaster”, up to 8,000 migrants were believed to be abandoned at sea by smugglers scared off by Thailand’s recent crackdown on human traffickers.
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Source: AFP, UNHCR, Arakan Project
