JAKARTA - More than 110 Rohingya refugees came ashore in Indonesia's Aceh province on Saturday after their boat nearly sank, officials from the U.N. refugee agency and local government said, as growing numbers arrive by sea in the Southeast Asian country.

Indonesian fishermen have rescued 116 Rohingya refugees, mostly hungry and weak women and children, after their rickety boat sank

Indonesian fishermen rescued 116 Rohingya refugees from a sinking boat. The group, primarily women and children, aimed to find a better life by leaving the Cox Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh. Stranded in Aceh,

More than 100 of the Rohingya refugees were rescued after their boat sunk of the northeastern coast of Sumatra island.