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Mar 22, 2024
Meulaboh [Indonesia], March 22: As the skipper of an Indonesian search and rescue vessel scoured the sea early Thursday, a dot appeared on the horizon - dozens of Rohingya refugees drifting on the rusty hull of their overturned ship poking out of the water. Against the ocean expanse were men, women and children trying to escape Bangladeshi camps filled with poverty, crime and a lack of hope to reach the shores of Indonesia or, eventually, Malaysia for a better life.
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