In COVID hit Asia, mixed messages on refugee vaccinations
Al Jazeera
While refugees in Aceh get jabs, those elsewhere worry about being forgotten – or arrested as the pandemic continues to spread.
Medan, Indonesia – Earlier this month, dozens of Rohingya refugees landed on a deserted island off the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh Province. The refugees had been at sea for more than 100 days, having left Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh in a rickety wooden fishing boat, and were spotted huddling on uninhabited Idaman Island by local fishermen who used the island as a rest stop between fishing trips. By June 5, just a day after their arrival, all 81 refugees, including children, had been vaccinated against COVID-19.More Related News