Gangs, extortion in Bangladesh camps driving Rohingya sea exodus
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Holding his son's hand in a temporary shelter in Indonesia, Mohamed Ridoi says he made the dangerous 12-day sea journey from massive refugee camps in Bangladesh to escape pervasive threats of kidnapping, extortion and murder there. The 27-year-old says he wants to "live safely and peacefully" in a temporary shelter in Indonesia's western Aceh Province, where more than 1,000 Rohingya people have arrived this month, the largest such influx since 2015.