Take In Rohingyas 'Unconditionally'

When Indonesian, Malaysian and Thai security forces drove away boats filled with hundreds of ethnic Rohingya fleeing their home country of Myanmar, citizens of Simpang Tiga village in East Aceh accepted them with open arms.

These exiles, who sailed across the ocean for six months on wooden boats, were received by the Acehnese. They were given food, clothing, medicine and put in schools alongside local children. These Acehnese villagers have performed a humanitarian gesture that government and the highest international bodies are still harping about.