At least 250 people missing after boat sinks in Indian Ocean

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Indonesia will rescue more than 100 Rohingya refugees on October 24 after their boat languished for days off the country's western coast, local officials told AFP. The mostly Muslim ethnic Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar and thousands risk their lives each year on long and dangerous sea journeys to reach Malaysia or Indonesia's Aceh Province. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP) (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP via Getty Images)" width="620" />

At least 250 people, including Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals, were missing after a boat capsized in the Andaman Sea recently on the way to Malaysia, according to the United Nations' refugee and migration agencies.