ALARABIA NEWS
AFP, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Published: 04 October ,2022
File photo of Rohingya Muslims arriving on a boat from Myanmar to Bangladesh. (AP)At least a dozen
people were missing off the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday after a boat
carrying Rohingya refugees sank in rough weather, the South Asian
country’s coast guard said.
The fishing trawler left at dawn and was bound for Malaysia before it ran into trouble in the Bay of Bengal, with two search boats scrambling to rescue survivors.
The fishing trawler left at dawn and was bound for Malaysia before it ran into trouble in the Bay of Bengal, with two search boats scrambling to rescue survivors.
“We
have rescued 39 people including 35 Rohingya refugees and four
Bangladeshis,” coast guard spokesman Lieutenant Al Amin told AFP.
Coast
guard station commander Ashiq Ahmed said at least 50 people were on the
boat, which had picked up passengers from several coastal towns before
embarking.
“Around a dozen people are still missing. The rescue operation is still going,” he told AFP.
The vessel sank near southern Cox’s Bazar district, the site of camps that are home to around a million Rohingya refugees.
“Around a dozen people are still missing. The rescue operation is still going,” he told AFP.
The vessel sank near southern Cox’s Bazar district, the site of camps that are home to around a million Rohingya refugees.
Most
arrived in Bangladesh five years ago after a military crackdown in
neighboring Myanmar that is now the subject of a genocide investigation
at the UN’s top court.
Dire conditions in the camps prompt hundreds each year to pay smugglers for passage along the dangerous sea route to Malaysia, which is home to a large Rohingya diaspora.
Dire conditions in the camps prompt hundreds each year to pay smugglers for passage along the dangerous sea route to Malaysia, which is home to a large Rohingya diaspora.
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