In early December, hundreds of Rohingya refugees walked along the shore of Aceh province in Indonesia, with nothing to guide them but the faint glow of lights in a nearby village. After a treacherous journey by boat, they had already been turned away by locals in one area of Aceh and were seeking refuge elsewhere.
When the group, which included young children, reached their destination, the reaction was mixed. “We decided to let them stay there out of humanity, but not for long,” an official at the village said. He spoke anonymously because the issue has become highly sensitive locally.
