ロヒンギャ難民１４７人、インドネシアに漂着

【バンダアチェ（インドネシア）ＡＦＰ＝時事】インドネシア・スマトラ島北端のアチェ州沿岸に１５日、ミャンマーのイスラム系少数民族ロヒンギャの難民１４７人が漂着した。周辺では前日にも約２００人のロヒンギャ難民が上陸している。（写真はインドネシア・アチェ州で、仮設避難所で身元確認の列に並ぶロヒンギャ難民）
　現地当局によると、難民を乗せた木造船は１５日午後５時（日本時間同午後７時）すぎ、アチェ州ピディ県の浜辺に到着した。船には「男性４６人、女性５７人、子ども４４人、計１４７人のロヒンギャ難民」が乗っていた。
　大半がイスラム教徒のロヒンギャはミャンマーで迫害されており、毎年数千人がイスラム教国のマレーシアやインドネシアを目指し、長く危険な船旅に出る。またミャンマーの隣国バングラデシュの難民キャンプから脱出しようとするロヒンギャもいる。
　ＡＦＰの取材に応じた地元の漁業関係者によると、一部の漁師はロヒンギャの乗ったボートを岸から遠ざけようとした。「ロヒンギャ難民にうんざりしている漁師もいる。昨日もそう遠くない場所に上陸した」。ボートから降りたロヒンギャ難民の中には、飢えた状態の子どもや病人もいたという。
　前日ピディ県に漂着した１９６人と合わせ、アチェ州に過去４８時間以内に上陸したロヒンギャ難民は計３４３人となった。
　国連難民高等弁務官事務所によると、昨年は推計２０００人以上のロヒンギャが、危険な海路で東南アジア諸国への上陸を試みた。うち２００人近くが死亡したか、行方不明になったとみられる。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/11/17-16:14）

At least 147 Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, landed in Indonesia's westernmost province on Wednesday, a local official said, a day after nearly 200 others came ashore in the same area.
Thousands of the mostly Muslim Rohingya risk their lives each year on long and expensive sea journeys, often in flimsy boats, to try to reach Malaysia or Indonesia.
A wooden boat landed on a beach in Batee subdistrict in Aceh Province's Pidie region at around 17:10 local time (1030 GMT), local government official Ihsan, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, said in a statement.
The boat was carrying Rohingya refugees who consisted of 46 adult men, 57 adult women, and 44 children, so 147 in total, he said.
It is not yet clear how long their boat was at sea or where it came from, but many Rohingya often make the arduous journey from refugee camps in Bangladesh.
Marfian, a spokesperson for the local fishing community, told AFP some fishermen tried to force the Rohingya boat away from shore.
Our fishermen tried to block them and turned them back to the sea but their boat was too small to chase the Rohingyas' boat, he said.
It seems like our people are getting tired of the Rohingyas. They landed not far from yesterday's arrival.
He said some of those who arrived were weak and ill, including hungry children.
UNHCR Indonesia spokeswoman Mitra Salima Suryono told AFP the agency could not confirm a headcount on the latest arrival but was working with local authorities to ensure their safety.
We hope the refugees can be relocated to a better shelter, she said.
The new landing takes the total Rohingya landings in Aceh for the past 48 hours to 343 after 196 arrived in the Pidie region on Tuesday.
More than 2,000 Rohingya are believed to have attempted the risky journey to Southeast Asian countries in 2022, according to the UN refugee agency.
Nearly 200 Rohingya died or went missing last year while attempting hazardous sea crossings, the agency has estimated.