Thai police rescue 59 Rohingya refugees abandoned on southern island
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand had rescued 59 Rohingya refugees, together with kids, from an island who had been deserted by folks smugglers on an island near the Malaysian border, police stated on Sunday.
The Rohingya – 31 males, 23 girls, and 5 kids – had been discovered on Dong island in Satun province, which borders Malaysia, assistant nationwide police chief Surachate Hakparn stated in a press release.
“The boat driver informed them that they had arrived in Malaysia and left them on the island a couple of days in the past earlier than being discovered,” he stated. The island is a vacationer vacation spot however not populated.
Thailand has supplied humanitarian help to the refugees, who’ve been detained for additional questioning and might be prosecuted for getting into Thailand illegally, Surachate added.
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(Reporting by Panarat Thepgumpanat; Writing by Orathai Sriring; Enhancing by Raissa Kasolowsky)
