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The Indian coast guard found a boat carrying Rohingya refugees adrift in the Andaman Sea, and provided them with food, water and medical care, the UN refugee agency said yesterday. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said the Indian coast guard responded to its request, and deployed a search and rescue team. There was no immediate comment from Indian navy and coast guard officials. The boat was believed to have left Bangladesh two weeks ago and then broke down at sea. The UN and rights groups had reported that many of the about 90 refugees on board were suffering acute dehydration an...
Indian Coast Guards feeding stranded Rohingyas on high seas By Subir Bhaumik ( IANS) | Published on Tue, Feb 23 2021 12:03 IST | 0 Views B'desh Rohingyas.. Image Source: IANS News Kolkata, Feb 23 : Indian Coast Guards vessels have reached a boat carrying 90 Rohingya refugees and three Bangladesh crewmen which drifted into India's territorial waters a day back. Humanitarian groups monitoring the plight of the stranded Rohingya group on high sea said the Indian Coast Guards have given them some food and water, but a full rescue operation has not yet happened. "The last we heard ...
1 month old This article is more than 1 month old UN calls for boat to be rescued, saying ‘immediate action’ needed to ‘prevent further tragedy’ Rohingya risk their lives at sea to escape Bangladesh refugee camps by crossing the Bay of Bengal or Andaman Sea. Photograph: EPA Rohingya risk their lives at sea to escape Bangladesh refugee camps by crossing the Bay of Bengal or Andaman Sea. Photograph: EPA Agencies Mon 22 Feb 2021 23.24 EST Last modified on Tue 23 Feb 2021 04.19 EST The United Nations refugee agency has called for the immediate rescue of a group of Rohingya refugees adri...
'Indian Coast Guards feeding stranded Rohingyas on high seas' Tue, Feb 23 2021 12:10:19 PM By Subir Bhaumik Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS): Indian Coast Guards vessels have reached a boat carrying 90 Rohingya refugees and three Bangladesh crewmen which drifted into India's territorial waters a day back. Humanitarian groups monitoring the plight of the stranded Rohingya group on high sea said the Indian Coast Guards have given them some food and water, but a full rescue operation has not yet happened. "The last we heard from the Rohingyas was on Monday evening when the one sat-phone in the boat wa...