Bangladesh refuses to take in Rohingya turned away by Malaysia
Rohingya migrants receiving first aid and food after being rescued at sea near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on April 16. They were among those rescued from an overcrowded fishing trawler that had been drifting at sea for nearly two months trying to reach Malaysia. – EPA pic, April 23, 2020.
BANGLADESH will not accept two boats carrying hundreds of reportedly starving Rohingya refugees, the country’s foreign minister said today as calls grew to rescue the Muslim outcasts. The new controversy over stranded Rohingya blew up just a week after dozens starved to death on a boat that was left at sea for two months before it could land.
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