Nearly 400 Rohingya refugees have been rescued in Bangladesh after being at sea for two months. Experts are concerned about the spread of coronavirus if these refugees are housed in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar along Bangladesh border with Myanmar. Credit: ASM Suza Uddin/IPS
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 16 2020 (IPS) – Nearly 400 Rohingya refugees have been rescued in Bangladesh after being at sea for two months.
Bangladesh coast guards reported rescuing 382 Rohingyas, including many women and children, who were starving and stuck on a boat as they were trying to reach Malaysia, the on Thursday.
Coast guard spokesman Lt Shah Zia Rah…