Bangladesh intercepts Malaysia-bound Rohingya refugee boat
Nearly one million Rohingya live in squalid camps near Bangladesh’s border with Myanmar, many fleeing the neighbouring country after a brutal military crackdown began in 2017. – AFP pic, November 15, 2019.
BANGLADESH coast guards intercepted a wooden boat carrying 119 Rohingya refugees bound for Malaysia as it was about to sink, officials said yesterday, the latest in a spate of trafficking incidents this year. Nearly one million Rohingya live in squalid camps near Bangladesh’s border with Myanmar, many fleeing the neighbouring country after a brutal military crackdown began in 2017.
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