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DHAKA, April 27 — A top UN official has urged Bangladesh to let two stranded boatloads of starving Rohingya Muslims land amid mounting fears today over the fate of the refugees. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet warned of a “human tragedy of terrible proportions” unless...

Rohingya brave rough seas and overcrowded boats to find refuge elsewhere. — Reuters pic

The appeal was made to the Bangladesh government after Foreign Minister A.K. Abdul Momen said the South Asian country would not accept the boats. The one million Rohingya in camps in Bangladesh, where they fled a military crackdown in their native Myanmar, favour going to Malaysia as it is Muslim majority country with more work opportunities.

Bachelet said “dangerous interception practices and collective expulsions, including pushing back boats that are trying to land, must be scrupulously avoided”.A coast guard spokesman said no boat had been spotted since the rescued of a trawler carrying 396 starving refugees on April 15. At least 60 people died on the boat.

 

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