They were found getting away on Tuesday at 1230 p.m. WIB ( West Standard Indonesian Time). At that time, security personnel found footprints on the wall fence while performing a patrol around the temporary shelter
Banda Aceh, Aceh – A minimum of 23 Rohingya immigrants escaped from a short-lived shelter set up at the former immigration office in Ulee Blang Mane Town, Blang Mangat Sub-district, Lhokseumawe City, Aceh Province, on Tuesday.
The immigrants jumped the wall fence of the short-lived shelter to escape, chief of the Lhokseumawe city authorities, Accessory Elder Commissioner Henki Ismanto, stated in Lhokseumawe on Wednesday.
At that time, security personnel discovered footprints on the wall fence while conducting a patrol around the momentary shelter,” he stated.
After discovering the footprints, the security personnel checked Rohingya immigrants at the short-term shelter and found 23 of them, who had gotten here in Indonesia on a boat, had actually run away, he stated.
The escaped immigrants consisted of 8 male grownups, four female adults, and 11 children, he informed.
” The security personnel are continuing to find them and reported the incident to UNHCR that Rohingya immigrants escaped the short-term shelter at the former migration workplace in Lhokseumawe city,” he notified.
The security personnel looked for Rohingya immigrants around the former immigration office but to no avail. They likewise collaborated with cops to find the 23 immigrants, he said.
On the other hand, the number of Rohingya immigrants who are still at the shelter has reached 206.
” It is believed the escape of the Rohingya immigrants includes a human trafficking network from other area. The network got the Rohingya immigrants at the previous migration workplace and later took them to a particular place,” he informed.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has actually encouraged UNHCR to close down the rear fence of the building so that the immigrants will not have the ability to climb up the wall fence.
” However, UNHCR has not responded to the IOM’s suggestion so that 23 Rohingya immigrants escaped the short-term shelter,” he said.
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