Rohingya Refugee Recounts Rescue From Capsizing Boat That Left Nearly 250 Others Missing
The New York Times • • world
Key Points:
- A boat carrying around 250 people, including Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingya refugees, capsized in the Andaman Sea last week, leaving only nine survivors rescued by a Bangladeshi-flagged ship.
- Among the survivors is Imran, a 17-year-old refugee who drifted for two days and one night holding onto a piece of wood after the fishing trawler sank.
- The overcrowded fishing trawler had departed from Teknaf, Bangladesh, heading to Malaysia but sank after a few days at sea.
- The United Nations expressed concern that the remaining passengers, mostly Rohingya refugees and some children, are likely dead.
- Over one million Rohingya refugees have been living in camps in Bangladesh since 2017, fleeing persecution in Myanmar.
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