Nearly 300 Rohingya have come ashore in Aceh, on the northern tip of Indonesia's Sumatra island, authorities said, in one of the biggest such landings by the persecuted Myanmar minority in years, after a months-long voyage at sea during which more than 30 refugees are thought to have died.

The group, mainly women and children, were spotted at sea by locals who helped them land near Lhokseumawe early on Monday, according to Munir Cut Ali, head of Ujong Blang village.

"We saw a boat coming ashore in Ujong Blang and so then we helped them land safely," Ali told the AFP news agency.

At least one member of the group - 102 men, 181 women and 14 children - was ill and had to be rushed to a local hospital for treatment, according to the area's military chief Roni Mahendra.

It was not immediately clear how long the Rohingya had been at sea or what type of vessel they arrived in.


Al Jazeera's Jessica Washington reports from Jakarta, Indonesia.

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