More than two dozen Rohingya refugees died during month-long journey at sea – UN

Indonesian soldiers help ethnic Rohingya women and children out of a military truck as they arrive at a temporary shelter in Pidie, Aceh province (Rahmat Mirza/AP)

At least 26 Rohingya Muslims died in dire conditions during a month at open sea while making a dangerous voyage that brought scores of others to safety in Indonesia, a UN agency has said.

Exhausted women and children were among 185 people who disembarked from a wooden boat on Monday in a coastal village in Aceh’s Pidie district, authorities said.