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| Rohingya boat adrift without supplies near Andaman islands | Rohingya boat adrift without supplies near Andaman islands |
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| Watch: The Rohingya refugees earlier in their voyage | Watch: The Rohingya refugees earlier in their voyage |
| Watch: The Rohingya refugees earlier in their voyage | Watch: The Rohingya refugees earlier in their voyage |
| The UN is urging countries around the Andaman Sea in South East Asia to assist a boat carrying at least 150 Rohingya refugees which has been drifting without power for two weeks. | The UN is urging countries around the Andaman Sea in South East Asia to assist a boat carrying at least 150 Rohingya refugees which has been drifting without power for two weeks. |
| People on board the boat who have been contacted via satellite phone say a number of passengers, including children, have already died. | People on board the boat who have been contacted via satellite phone say a number of passengers, including children, have already died. |
| They said that food and water supplies had run out. | They said that food and water supplies had run out. |
| The UN made its appeal on Friday but so far there has been no response. | The UN made its appeal on Friday but so far there has been no response. |
| The small fishing boat left southern Bangladesh last month and has now been at sea for more than three weeks. Those on board are believed to have been trying to reach Malaysia. | The small fishing boat left southern Bangladesh last month and has now been at sea for more than three weeks. Those on board are believed to have been trying to reach Malaysia. |
| The boat is open, with little shelter, and its engine appears to have failed a few days after it departed. | The boat is open, with little shelter, and its engine appears to have failed a few days after it departed. |
| It has now drifted westwards hundreds of kilometres off course into Indian waters, near the Nicobar Islands. | |
| An activist helping Rohingya in Bangladesh made contact with someone on the boat on Sunday. | An activist helping Rohingya in Bangladesh made contact with someone on the boat on Sunday. |
| "We are dying here," the refugee said, adding that those on board had not eaten anything for more than a week. | "We are dying here," the refugee said, adding that those on board had not eaten anything for more than a week. |
| The Rohingya are an ethnic minority in Myanmar many of whose members fled to Bangladesh in 2017 to escape a campaign of genocide launched by the Burmese military. | The Rohingya are an ethnic minority in Myanmar many of whose members fled to Bangladesh in 2017 to escape a campaign of genocide launched by the Burmese military. |
| Many Rohingya try to escape from overcrowded refugee camps in southern Bangladesh by taking high-risk sea journeys at this time of year, after the monsoon in the region has passed. | Many Rohingya try to escape from overcrowded refugee camps in southern Bangladesh by taking high-risk sea journeys at this time of year, after the monsoon in the region has passed. |
| Their numbers have grown because of deteriorating conditions in the camps, while more Rohingya who are still in Myanmar are also trying to leave following the military coup there last year. | Their numbers have grown because of deteriorating conditions in the camps, while more Rohingya who are still in Myanmar are also trying to leave following the military coup there last year. |
| ‘Kill us, but don’t deport us to Myanmar’ | ‘Kill us, but don’t deport us to Myanmar’ |
| What recent flip-flop over India's refugee policy says | What recent flip-flop over India's refugee policy says |
| Trapped on a remote island miles from land | Trapped on a remote island miles from land |
| At least five boats are known to have left in the past two months. | At least five boats are known to have left in the past two months. |
| One of them with more than 100 Rohingya on board was rescued by Sri Lanka's navy off the island's northern coast on Sunday evening, Sri Lanka's navy said. | One of them with more than 100 Rohingya on board was rescued by Sri Lanka's navy off the island's northern coast on Sunday evening, Sri Lanka's navy said. |
| The group included women and children. Four people were taken to hospital for minor sickness, a navy spokesman said. | The group included women and children. Four people were taken to hospital for minor sickness, a navy spokesman said. |
| It was unclear where that group had begun their journey or where they were trying to get to. | It was unclear where that group had begun their journey or where they were trying to get to. |
| Related Topics | Related Topics |
| Asia migrant crisis | Asia migrant crisis |
| Rohingya | Rohingya |