BANGKOK/YANGON (AFP):
The United Nations called Saturday for nations to rescue hundreds of
Rohingya it said were trapped onboard two unseaworthy vessels adrift in
the Andaman Sea.
Thousands of the mostly Muslim Rohingya, heavily persecuted in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, risk their lives each year in long, expensive sea journeys -- often in boats in poor condition -- trying to reach Malaysia or Indonesia.
Thousands of the mostly Muslim Rohingya, heavily persecuted in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, risk their lives each year in long, expensive sea journeys -- often in boats in poor condition -- trying to reach Malaysia or Indonesia.