Rohingya Refugees Risk Lives in Perilous Sea Journeys
Facing scarce food and bleak futures, a growing number of Rohingya refugees are embarking on dangerous sea voyages to Malaysia and Indonesia. These desperate journeys often result in death for many seeking better lives.
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Why more Rohingya risk sea escapes to Malaysia, Indonesia: ‘some make it, some die’
Rohingya refugee Rahila Begum spent two days adrift in the Andaman Sea this month, clinging to a wooden shard after her overcrowded boat capsized, one of the few survivors of a disaster that left 250 missing and feared dead. She was among the thousands of Rohingya Muslims who brave hunger and accidents on rickety boats each year to flee desperate conditions in camps in southeastern Bangladesh for countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia. Hundreds die en route from hunger or accidents at sea...
By Reuters
Read full article →Scarce food, bleak futures spur Rohingya refugees to gamble with death at sea - The Straits Times
Scarce food, bleak futures spur Rohingya refugees to gamble with death at sea The Straits Times
Read full article →Scarce food, bleak futures spur Rohingya refugees to gamble with death at sea
Hundreds die en route, but the numbers keep growing as dwindling international aid pushes yet more to make the treacherous journey to countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia.
Read full article →Scarce food, bleak futures spur Rohingya refugees to gamble with death at sea
Desperation in camps fuels risky journeys as hundreds of Rohingya die or go missing at sea
By Reuters
Read full article →Scarce food, bleak futures spur Rohingya refugees to gamble with death at sea - The Star
Scarce food, bleak futures spur Rohingya refugees to gamble with death at sea The Star
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