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| Missing migrant boat rescued off Indonesia | Missing migrant boat rescued off Indonesia |
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| Migrants found by the BBC last week as they drifted off the coast of Thailand have been rescued by fishermen from Indonesia's Aceh province. | |
| Their boat was spotted last Thursday when it was stranded with a broken engine, but it then went missing. | |
| The migrants said they were starving and had been at sea for weeks after being abandoned by people smugglers. | |
| They have now told activists they had been towed out to sea three times by the Thai and Malaysian navies. | |
| They were among hundreds of people rescued off Indonesia on Wednesday by local people. | |
| The migrants, mainly Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, said they had been given food and water by Thai officials. | The migrants, mainly Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, said they had been given food and water by Thai officials. |
| Thousands of migrants are believed to have been abandoned in boats in the Andaman Sea after the Thai government launched a crack down on the routes used by people smugglers. | |
| Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia have been holding an emergency meeting to try to resolve the migrant crisis in the region. | Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia have been holding an emergency meeting to try to resolve the migrant crisis in the region. |
| Why has this crisis erupted? | |
| Why are so many Rohingya stranded at sea? | |
| Myanmar's unwanted people |