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May 21, 2015

Shunned by much of Asia, migrants welcomed in Aceh
Langsa, Indonesia (AFP) May 20, 2015
From rescuing migrants at sea to donating all they can, residents of Indonesia's Islamic Aceh province are warmly welcoming hundreds of desperate fellow Muslims who have fled their homelands - a contrast to the rejection they face elsewhere in Southeast Asia. Around 1,800 Rohingya and Bangladeshi boatpeople have landed in Aceh in recent days, abandoned by people-smugglers after their boat journeys to Malaysia were disrupted by a Thai crackdown on long-established routes. Migrants have also ar ... read more

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