(23 Dec 2023)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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Pidie, Aceh - 16 December 2023
1. Faces of Rohingya women sitting in a tent
2. Local officer standing near tent full of Rohingya women and children
3. Pan left of survivor Mohammed Jubair's family
4. Jubair's face
5. SOUNDBITE (Rohingya) Mohammed Jubair, Rohingya survivor:
“I remember feeling that together, we would be finished. Together, we would sink. Together, we would drown."
6. Pan right of tents built on the beach as temporary shelters full of Rohingya women and children
7. Various of children in tents
8. Zoom out from baby sleeping in the arms of Rujinah to her children standing in front of tent
9. SOUNDBITE (Rohingya) Mohammed Jubair, Rohingya survivor:
"Everyone was trying to jump on our boat, including babies, women and men."
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Pidie, Aceh - 17 December 2023
10. Various of boat survivors used to land in Aceh
11. Rohingya men on the beach
12. SOUNDBITE (Rohingya) Zakir Hussain, Rohingya survivor:
"When everyone tried to jump on our boat, the captain said that our boat was already packed and could not accept additional people or it would sink while warning them, if you try to jump we won't help you."
13. Tilt down from clothesline to men sitting inside tent
14. Children lying on the floor
15. Faces of Rohingya men sitting inside tent
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Pidie, Aceh - 16 December 2023
16. SOUNDBITE (Rohingya) Mohammed Jubair, Rohingya survivor:
"They were crying and shouting loudly, ‘Our ropes are broken! Our ropes are broken! Please help us!’ But how could we help them. We would die with them if they jumped on to our boat.”
17. A Rohingya man calling for prayer
18. Various of men praying on the beach on plastic mats
19. SOUNDBITE (Rohingya) Rujinah, Rohingya survivor:
"They are also Muslims, part of our community, we were also crying for them."
20. Various of Rohingya girls and boys eating rice
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Pidie, Aceh - 17 December 2023
21. SOUNDBITE (Rohingya) Zakir Hussain, Rohingya survivor:
"I feel very sad for them because we were in the same situation, and now we are safe, we are just praying for that boat to find land and for the passengers to stay alive."
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Jakarta - 19 December 2023
22. Ann Maymann, UNHCR representative in Indonesia walking
23. Posters
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Ann Maymann, UNHCR representative in Indonesia:
"Here you have hundreds of people that are obviously distressed at the best and, at the worst, they are not even distressed any longer so yes, they should. Those nations in this region have fully capable and resourced search and rescue capacities."
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Pidie, Aceh - 16 December 2023
25. Light at temporary shelter
26. Pan right from children around campfire to refugees in tents
27. Rujinah, sitting in front of her baby
28. Sleeping baby
STORYLINE:
The screams were audible soon after the ailing boat emerged into view.
On board were babies and children, mothers and fathers begging to be saved.
The passengers were Rohingya Muslims who had fled surging gang violence and rampant hunger in the refugee camps of Bangladesh, only to find themselves adrift with a broken engine on the Andaman Sea.
For a moment, it appeared their salvation had arrived in the form of another boat carrying Rohingya refugees that had pulled up alongside them.
But those on the other boat — which was overloaded and beginning to leak — knew if they allowed the distressed passengers onto their vessel, it would sink.
They wanted to help, but they also wanted to live.
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