About 250 missing after boat carrying Rohingya refugees capsizes in Andaman Sea
Trawler set off from Bangladesh and reportedly capsized due to heavy winds, rough seas and overcrowding
About 250 people are missing after a boat carrying https://www.theguardian.com/world/rohingya">Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals capsized in the Andaman Sea, according to the UN’s refugee and migration agencies.
The agencies said the trawler carrying about 250 men, women and children reportedly sank due to heavy winds, rough seas and overcrowding.
It had departed from Teknaf in southern Bangladesh and was bound for Malaysia.
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