DHAKA: A second boat carrying hundreds of migrants, including Bangladesh and Myanmar nationals, were rescued off Indonesia's far west coast, an official said on Monday.

Earlier ion Sunday, nearly 600 others reached there in a wooden vessel seeking refuge, said an international news agency.

Indonesia’s Aceh provincial search and rescue chief Budiawan said "Our search and rescue team found another boat with more than 400 migrants, Rohingya from Myanmar and Bangladeshis, drifting off the waters off east Aceh early this morning.”

BDST: 1003 HRS, MAY 11, 2015
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** 500 Rohingyas rescued in Indonesia