United Nations urges rescue of 185 Rohingya adrift in Indian Ocean
- The United Nations has called for the urgent rescue of 185 mainly women and children on a distressed boat in the Indian Ocean near the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- The migrants are believed to be Rohingya, with around 70 children and 88 women on board, and some in critical condition.
- The UNHCR emphasized the need for coastal states to deploy search and rescue capacities to prevent further human disasters.
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UN urges rescue of 185 Rohingya adrift in Indian Ocean
GENEVA: The United Nations called Saturday for the urgent rescue of 185 people, mainly women and children, on a distressed boat last heard to be near the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean. Around 70 of those onboard are children and 88 are women, the UNHCR refugee agency said in a statement. “At least a dozen are feared to be in critical condition with one individual reported to have already died,” it said. “Many more could die und…
Rohingya Muslims have been subjected to severe persecution in Myanmar.
The United Nations on Saturday called for the urgent rescue of 185 people, mostly women and children, on board the shipwrecked vessel last heard sailing near the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean.
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