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Human rights advocates say what happened to those on board is the latest example of political inaction and global apathy: Governments ignore the Rohingya because they can.
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TEKNAF, Bangladesh (AP) — The wind had whipped the waves to nearly three times the woman’s height when her panicked voice crackled over the phone.
On Dec. 1, 2022, a boat carrying around 180 Rohingya refugees set out from Bangladesh, bound for Indonesia. On board were babies, pregnant women and children fleeing surging violence in Bangladesh's refugee camps. One week later, the boat vanished.
The wind had whipped the waves to nearly three times the woman’s height when her panicked voice crackled over the phone.
TEKNAF, Bangladesh (AP) -- The wind had whipped the waves to nearly three times the woman's height when her panicked voice crackled over the phone.