Bangladesh intercepts sinking boat filled with 119 Malaysia-bound Rohingya

Boat was taking on water due to engine failure. FMTNews Bangladesh Rohingya

Rohingya refugees flee to countries like Malaysia and Thailand with few opportunities for jobs in camps.

Nearly 1 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. The vessel was found in the Bay of Bengal, just off the coast of Bangladesh’s southern Saint Martin’s island, after a tip-off by fishermen, coast guard spokesman Saiful Islam told AFP.“It was about to sink. Had we not reached there in time it would have sunk.”It was the highest number of Rohingya found in a vessel at sea this year, he added.

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