Boats carrying Rohingya land in Indonesia's North Sumatra and Aceh

Nearly 300 members of the persecuted Myanmar minority come ashore

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Rohingya refugees are pictured at a temporary shelter after they landed at Labu Pekan beach in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra province, Indonesia, on Oct. 24. © Reuters

JAKARTA (Reuters) -- About 146 Rohingya, including children, came ashore in Indonesia's North Sumatra province on Thursday, an official said, the second wave of arrivals to the Southeast Asian country within a week.

A boat carrying 64 men, 62 women and 20 children landed early on Thursday morning, in the Deli Serdang area of North Sumatra, Raphael Sandhy Cahya Priambodo, the head of regional police, told Reuters.

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