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In what appears to be a repeat of the incident in February last year, two long-time Rohingya activist groups have claimed that a boat carrying 90 refugees and a three-member crew has drifted into India’s territorial waters off Andaman Islands.
MUMBAI Up to 20 people have died of hunger or thirst on a boat carrying ethnic Rohingya that has been stranded at sea for two weeks off India's coast, two Myanmar Rohingya activist groups said. The boat with at least 100 people is currently in Malaysian waters as members of the Muslim minority continue to escape violence in Myanmar.
Activist groups estimate as many as 20 people have died of hunger or thirst on a boat carrying ethnic Rohingya that has been stranded at sea for two weeks.