Rohingya refugees increasingly risk perilous journeys to safety, UN says By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, May 23 (Reuters) – Dire humanitarian conditions in Myanmar and Bangladesh are driving more Rohingya to risk dangerous boat journeys to safety, such as one this month that ended in a sinking and estimates of 427 deaths, the U.N. refugee agency […]
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UNHCR fears extreme desperation led to deaths of 427 Rohingya at sea GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is gravely concerned about reports of two boat tragedies off the coast of Myanmar earlier this month, with estimates that 427 Rohingya perished at sea. This would be the deadliest tragedy at sea involving Rohingya refugees […]
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Families await news of Rohingya abandoned at sea by India Refugees told families they were left at sea near Myanmar India’s government often labels undocumented Muslims as security threats AFP It has been more than a week since Akbar, a Rohingya refugee in India, has heard his niece’s voice, the longest they have not spoken […]
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