Bangladesh's coast guard has rescued 382 starving Rohingya refugees who had been drifting at sea for weeks after failing to reach Malaysia, officials said Thursday. Rana said the refugees started their journey for Malaysia about two months ago and had been drifting at sea for weeks. Masud Hossain, superintendent of police in Cox's Bazar, said those rescued were lured by traffickers and the owner of the boat was a Myanmar Buddhist. Others said the rescued refugees were from Bangladesh camps. An intelligence official who talked to at least 10 refugees at the scene said that the refugees were from various camps in Cox's Bazar district.

Source: The Standard April 16, 2020 08:26 UTC