Authorities provided food and water to nearly 300 Myanmar migrants found Friday on boats two nautical miles off Langkawi's coast, before escorting them out of Malaysian waters.

Malaysian authorities recently turned away two boats carrying nearly 300 Rohingya refugees attempting to enter the country illegally. The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency reported aiding the boats with supplies before escorting them away.

alaysian police on Friday detained almost 200 migrants "believed to be Rohingya" from Myanmar after their boat ran aground on the northern resort island of Langkawi. The group comprises 68 men, 57 women, 32 boys and 39 girls, police said.

Malaysia's coastguard said on Friday it was doubling patrols in its waters to locate boats carrying undocumented Myanmar migrants, after almost 200 were detained on an island in the northwestern Malaysian state of Kedah.

More than 260 Rohingya refugees, including women and children, arrived in Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh after floating at sea for days, an official said on Monday. The mostly Muslim ethnic Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar and thousands risk their lives each year on long and dangerous sea journeys to reach Malaysia or Indonesia.

STORY: Over 200 Rohingya arrived by boat in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Sunday (January 5) evening.That’s according to an official on Monday (January 6).This adds to the growing number of Rohingya people coming to the country by sea.

More than 260 weak and hungry Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, have landed in Indonesia in two boats