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Hundreds of Rohingya and Bangladeshi refugees are rescued by fishermen off the coast of Indonesia. Julie Noce reports.
Indonesian authorities on Thursday rescued at least 69 Rohingya refugees who had been at sea for weeks after their boat capsized a day earlier. The refugee group's wooden boat and another vessel trying to help them both capsized on Wednesday, with survivors estimating that around 150 Rohingya had been on board with dozens swept away. Rescuers had rushed to save the group of Rohingya after they spotted them in the water, stranded and holding onto an overturned boat off the coast of western Aceh province. IMAGES
At least 10,000 migrants, mostly Venezuelans, are stranded in Necoclí, a port town on the Colombian coast near Panama. According to the local ombudsman, the migrants are held up waiting for boats to take them to the border with the Central American country, in the hope of eventually reaching the United States. IMAGES
Ciudad Juárez (Mexico), Oct 6 (EFE) (Camera: Raúl Morales) .- Faced with the pressing need of thousands of people in the north of the country, a group of activists has launched the "Free Shop", a project in Mexico's Ciudad Juárez to support migrants, displaced and disadvantaged by donating and reusing clothing.FOOTAGE OF THE FREE SHOP IN CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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