Malaysia, Indonesia to Shelter Fleeing Rohingya Temporarily
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Malaysia and Indonesia will provide temporary shelter to thousands of ethnic Rohingya stranded on overcrowded boats, even as the Southeast Asian nations asked the international community to share responsibility for the groups fleeing Myanmar.
The countries will help 7,000 asylum seekers still at sea and have identified potential areas to house them, Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman said after a meeting with his Indonesian and Thai counterparts Wednesday near Kuala Lumpur. Thailand didn’t agree to take part. All three countries have recently turned boats away.