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UNHCR delivers aid for Indonesia earthquake survivors
19 Oct 2018 -
Indonesian fishermen rescue Rohingya
30 May 2018 Local sea-faring community offer warm welcome to fleeing refugees. -
UNHCR thanks Indonesia and Malaysia for rescue and disembarkation of Rohingya refugees, calls on countries in the region to comply with maritime search and rescue obligations
1 May 2018 -
Separated by the Sea
23 Feb 2016 Hundreds, if not thousands, of refugee families in South-East Asia were separated by perilous sea journeys in 2015. Meet four of them. -
UNHCR calls for safer alternatives to deadly Bay of Bengal voyages
23 Feb 2016 -
Some 200 people brought ashore in Myanmar
22 May 2015 -
UNHCR says time running out for stranded boat people; urges South-east Asian governments to act
19 May 2015 Refugee agency estimates that nearly 4,000 people from Myanmar and Bangladesh remain stranded at sea with dwindling supplies on board. -
After long ordeal at sea, Rohingya find humanity in Indonesia
18 May 2015 Fatimah, her two girls and over 500 others spent months on a smuggler's boat until they were rescued by fishermen in Aceh, where the locals have welcomed them with open arms. -
Rough crossing
29 Dec 2014 Fleeing persecution, a group of ethnic Hazaras set out for Australia by sea. One of them documented the harrowing voyage with a camera.