Bangladesh - More than 60 individuals are believed dead after a boat conveying Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar capsized, the UN migration agency has said.
The refugees drowned in heavy seas off Bangladesh late on Thursday, part of a new surge of people fleeing a Myanmar army campaign and communal violence that the UN describes as “ethnic cleansing”.
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley approached nations to boycott giving weapons to Myanmar over the savagery, Reuters detailed.
23 human bodies have been recovered from the water up until this point, however the loss of life is required to surpass 60.
“Forty are missing and presumed drowned,” IOM spokesman Joel Millman told reporters in Geneva.
Shona Miah, 32, told AFP; “My wife and two boys survived, but I lost my three daughters.”
A critical lack of clean water, toilets and sanitation is spreading infection and pushing the camps to the incline of a wellbeing debacle, the Red Cross cautioned.
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