Hundreds missing after Rohingya boat capsizes in Andaman Sea: UN

A vessel carrying Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh capsizes in the Andaman Sea, leaving hundreds, including children, missing and presumed dead. | Contesto: cronaca

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• Hundreds missing after Rohingya boat capsizes in Andaman Sea: UN

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Hundreds of Rohingya refugees, including children, are missing and feared dead after a boat carrying them from Bangladesh capsized in the Andaman Sea, the United Nations confirmed. The vessel, which was reportedly overcrowded and in distress for days, went down in the open waters between Southeast Asia and the Bay of Bengal. No official rescue operations had reached the area at the time of the UN's announcement, leaving the estimated 250 people on board with little hope of survival in one of the world's most perilous maritime corridors for refugees. The tragedy is the latest and one of the deadliest in a long series of maritime disasters involving Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution and desperate conditions. For over a decade, thousands have risked the dangerous sea journey from refugee camps in Bangladesh, seeking asylum or a better life in predominantly Muslim countries like Malaysia and Indonesia. The routes are controlled by human traffickers who pack people into rickety, unseaworthy boats with scant provisions, often subjecting passengers to abuse and extortion during the voyage. The exodus stems from the 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar's Rakhine State, which the UN has described as having "genocidal intent." Nearly one million Rohingya now live in sprawling, cramped camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, in what is often called the world's largest refugee settlement. Conditions there are dire, marked by poverty, gang violence, and dwindishing international aid. With repatriation to Myanmar a distant prospect and opportunities in Bangladesh severely limited, many see the treacherous boat journey as their only option for a future. Survivors of similar journeys and aid organizations have repeatedly warned of the extreme dangers. Boats are often adrift for weeks as smugglers abandon them or negotiate for disembarkation. Passengers suffer from severe dehydration, starvation, and exposure. Regional governments have frequently engaged in "pushback" policies, towing vessels away from their shores, which leaves refugees stranded at sea. This latest capsizing suggests that despite the known risks, the flow of people—and the frequency of disasters—has not abated. The...

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