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At least 26 Rohingya Muslims had died in dire conditions during a month at open sea while making a dangerous voyage that brought scores of others to safety in Indonesia, a UN agency said Tuesday, adding there will likely be more.

At least 26 Rohingya Muslims had died in dire conditions during a month at open sea while making a dangerous voyage that brought scores of others to safety in Indonesia, a U.N. agency said Tuesday, adding there will likely be more.

The possible sinking of a boat in recent weeks with 180 Rohingya Muslims on board could make 2022 one of the deadliest years at sea in almost a decade for the community, a U.N. agency said, as refugees try to flee desperate conditions in Bangladesh camps.

The possible sinking of a boat in recent weeks with 180 Rohingya Muslims on board could make 2022 one of the deadliest years at sea in almost a decade for the community, a U.N. agency said, as refugees try to flee desperate conditions in Bangladesh camps.

Nearly 1 million Rohingya from Myanmar are living in crowded facilities in Muslim-majority Bangladesh.

The 185 passengers disembarked in Aceh province but 30 other people had died at sea, survivors told a local fisherman.

Carrying 180 people, boat follows one with 57 Rohingya men that landed in Aceh province on Sumatra the day before

The United Nations and other groups urged countries in South Asia on Friday to rescue as many as 190 people believed to be Rohingya refugees aboard a small boat that has been adrift for several weeks in the Andaman Sea.

BANGKOK (AP) -- The United Nations and other groups urged countries in southern Asia on Friday to rescue as many as 190 people believed to be Rohingya

In what appears to be a repeat of the incident in February last year, two long-time Rohingya activist groups have claimed that a boat carrying 90 refugees and a three-member crew has drifted into India’s territorial waters off Andaman Islands.