UNHCR calls for Indonesia to let in Rohingya stranded at sea off Aceh

The United Nations' refugee agency called on Indonesia to let in about 150 Rohingya refugees stranded off Aceh province for almost a week, as local media reported police had arrested three people on charges of human trafficking.Two people on the boat had died and another 11, including a pregnant woman, had been evacuated to the local hospital, Muhammad Jabal, the head of fishing community at Labuhan Haji port in South Aceh, told Reuters on Wednesday. More than 2,300 Rohingya arrived in Indonesia last year, UNHCR data showed, more than the combined total of arrivals in the previous four years. Detik.com, an Indonesian media site, reported regional police spokesperson Joko Krisdiyanto said the boat had left Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh and travelled to the Andaman Islands in the second week of October before heading to Aceh.