A Rohingya leader says traffickers want to make another attempt to reach Malaysia in order to be paid. FMTNews Rohingya
Rohingya refugees walk through Kutupalong, the world’s largest refugee camp, in Cox’s Bazar.
Activists are fearful that large numbers of Rohingya, a persecuted Muslim minority from mostly Buddhist Myanmar, may be trapped on boats and unable to reach other countries. “Two boats carrying Rohingya are trying to get into our waters,” he said, adding that the vessels could have come from Myanmar’s Rakhine state following fighting between the military and rebel groups, or “somewhere else”.
The boat that came ashore last week with some 390 Rohingya was forced back by the Malaysian navy. The surviving Rohingya have been put into coronavirus pandemic quarantine, organised by the UN refugee agency.Rights group Amnesty International has said two fishing trawlers carrying some 500 Rohingya women, men and children are in the Bay of Bengal after being pushed away by Malaysia.
A Rohingya leader at one of the huge refugee camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district said there were about 280 people in total on the two boats.
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