More
than 700 migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh have been brought ashore
to the east coast of Aceh on Indonesia's island of Sumatra, a
search-and-rescue official has said.
"The latest information we have is about 794 people were found in the middle of the sea and brought
ashore by fishermen at 5am," Khairul Nova, the official in the town of Langsa in Aceh, told the Reuters news agency by telephone.
"They are now in a warehouse by the port as a temporary arrangement," Nova added.
A boat carrying nearly 600 migrants had landed in Indonesia on Sunday. Thousands of migrants are stranded on similar boats in Southeast Asian seas as governments in the region seek to prevent them from landing, despite a request by the United Nations to rescue them.
Friday's development will follow a three-party meeting between the leaders and the UN's special envoy to island earlier this the week.
"The latest information we have is about 794 people were found in the middle of the sea and brought
ashore by fishermen at 5am," Khairul Nova, the official in the town of Langsa in Aceh, told the Reuters news agency by telephone.
"They are now in a warehouse by the port as a temporary arrangement," Nova added.
A boat carrying nearly 600 migrants had landed in Indonesia on Sunday. Thousands of migrants are stranded on similar boats in Southeast Asian seas as governments in the region seek to prevent them from landing, despite a request by the United Nations to rescue them.
Friday's development will follow a three-party meeting between the leaders and the UN's special envoy to island earlier this the week.
Source: Reuters