Fears grow for hundreds of Rohingya refugees adrift for two weeks
by AP in Bangkok from on (#6GXNG)
UN warns of possible tragedy unless people are rescued from two boats on Andaman Sea
About 400 Rohingya refugees have been adrift in two boats on the Andaman Sea for about two weeks, according to the United Nations, which called on regional governments to help rescue them.
The number of Rohingya Muslims fleeing by boats in a seasonal exodus - usually from squalid, overcrowded refugee camps in Bangladesh - has been rising since last year due to cuts to food rations and an increase in gang violence.
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